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Welcome to June’s edition of our UK Tax Round Up. Several interesting cases have been reported this month, including a range of issues relevant to UK withholding tax on interest being considered in Hargreaves. HMRC has also...more
Welcome to November’s edition of the UK Tax Round Up. This month has seen publication of the Finance Bill 2021-22 (what will become the Finance Act 2022) including draft legislation for the basis period reform, UK asset...more
The United Kingdom (U.K.) currently operates certain off-payroll working rules (commonly referred to as IR35), which subject certain individuals (often operating as consultants to businesses) working through intermediaries...more
Quick Summary. In the United Kingdom, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is responsible for administering and collecting taxes in the UK. For 2019, HMRC collected $841.19 billion in tax revenue. But it took over 300...more
This article is produced by our London Tax team, which is part of our global Tax practice. Our series, "Understanding Tax", explores commercially relevant and recent changes to the UK's tax code. Opportunities arising from...more
The Government has amended the existing non-resident landlord scheme regulations (S.I. 1995/2902) in readiness for the transition to corporation tax for non-resident corporate landlords from 6 April 2020. The changes impact...more
EU developments - European Court rules that withholding tax exemptions under EU Directives can be denied by abuse of rights principle - At the end of February, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued...more
UK Tax News and Developments - Government White Paper on Customs Bill - On 9 October, the Government published a White Paper setting out its approach to the introduction of a new customs and VAT regime after the UK...more
UK Tax News and Developments - Finance (No 2) Bill 2017 - The second Finance Bill of 2017, known as Finance (No 2) Bill 2017, has now been published. As expected, this contains most of the provisions which were dropped from...more
The UK Double Tax Treaty Passport (“DTTP”) scheme has recently been extended by HM Revenue & Customs (“HMRC”) to allow both non-corporate borrowers and lenders to enjoy the benefits of the scheme. The aim of the amendments is...more
One of the UK Government's central objectives for Brexit is to bring an end to the jurisdiction in the UK of the Court of Justice of the EU ("CJEU"). A necessary implication of this objective is that, unless agreed otherwise...more
Welcome to the Tax Round Up, the first edition of what will be a regular bulletin highlighting the latest tax developments relevant to UK companies and asset managers. We plan to produce this monthly with the next one in...more
After numerous UK tax changes affecting asset managers over the past few years – not least the wholesale re-vamping of the tax treatment of carried interest and other fund participations for investment fund managers – the UK...more
What does real estate investment have to do with the problem of tax evasion made possible by cash-in-hand payments in the building industry? Very little, one might suspect, but that has not prevented real estate investors...more
The qualifying private placement exemption, which became available on 1 January 2016, makes interest on privately placed notes and/or bilateral loans exempt from United Kingdom withholding tax in certain circumstances where...more
The Finance Act 2015 introduced an exemption from a borrower’s obligation to withhold tax from interest payments arising on qualifying private placements. It was introduced to stimulate and grow the private placements market...more
The new tax announcements are designed to improve productivity and correct imbalances in the tax system. On 8 July, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne made a number of announcements relating to the tax system...more