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UK carbon border adjustment mechanism: shaping up ahead of 2027

In 2027, the UK will introduce a carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) on imports of certain carbon intensive goods. The CBAM will impose a charge on the emissions embodied in relevant imports that take place on or after...more

A new sustainable finance champion – demystifying the Community Investment Tax Relief (CITR) for institutional investors

In 2003, the UK Government introduced the CITR scheme to provide private investors with a significant tax incentive to finance enterprises within disadvantaged communities through accredited CDFIs. Whilst a similar scheme is...more

The UK gives the green light to a UK CBAM and consults on the UK ETS

The UK has finally confirmed that it will be following the EU and introducing its own Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) to be implemented by 2027. It published the eagerly awaited outcome of its consultation on...more

Tax based finance leasing: a forgotten tool for green finance in the UK?

Decarbonisation is the process of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and transitioning to a low-carbon economy. Decarbonisation requires significant investment in green technologies, such as renewable energy, energy...more

What does Pillar Two mean for structured finance?

Born of the OECD’s base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) project, the Pillar Two rules introduce a global minimum corporate tax rate of 15% on multinationals of a certain size. The reforms reflect the outcome of an...more

Tax incentives for sustainable investments: what businesses should be thinking about

We recently hosted an event as part of our Sustainable Transition seminar series titled “Tax incentives for sustainable investments: where are the opportunities?”. In this article, our panellists set out some of the key...more

ESG x Tax in the UK Spring Budget 2023

Across the world, governments are increasingly focusing on using tax measures to address ESG issues. In the UK, whilst it may not have been front and centre of the Chancellor’s speech on Budget Day, you don’t have to look too...more

UK Budget delivers measured optimism

UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered his first full Spring Budget on Wednesday 15 March. It is interesting (that is, interesting in a rather specific tax context) that, despite the fiscal volatility of 2022, this was in fact...more

3/20/2023  /  Corporate Taxes , REIT , Sovereign Immunity , UK

OECD Pillars: Full steam ahead

2023 is set to be a year of change for the global tax landscape. After many years of negotiation, development and consultation, implementation of the OECD’s Pillar One and Pillar Two reforms to international taxation is now...more

UK commits to global minimum tax rate

The UK government has used the opportunity of its Autumn Statement 2022, delivered on 17 November, to confirm that the Finance Bill 2022 will include legislation introducing a 15% global minimum corporation tax rate, to have...more

The global minimum tax rate: Are we nearly there yet?

On 20 December 2021, the OECD published keenly awaited model rules designed to implement Pillar Two of its ambitious plans to reform international taxation. ...more

OECD Pillars, the digital economy and minimum taxes

To date, 132 jurisdictions have committed to the OECD’s two-pillar plan to reform international tax rules, as set out in its statement of 1 July 2021. Although the genesis of the proposed reforms relates to the taxation of...more

Great Investor Insights: Aggressive tax practices in UK inbound investment - careful navigation in choppy waters

In this Great Investor Insights alert, our tax specialists examine the key issues to be taken into account by global institutional investors, fund managers and corporates in structuring UK inbound investment in the current...more

Global Tax Insights: Uncertain tax positions: preparing for further tax disclosure

The UK government is pressing ahead with its proposal to require large businesses to notify their “uncertain tax positions” to HMRC. ...more

Expert witnesses in accounting disputes

At a time of increasing disputes involving accounting evidence, this case debunks a number of assumptions about the approach taken by both HMRC and the First-tier Tribunal. HMRC do not always instruct their own employees as...more

7/26/2017  /  Accounting , Expert Witness , GAAP , HMRC , UK

New tax evasion facilitation offences in force 30 September 2017

Two new corporate criminal offences come into force on 30 September 2017. The new offences can make a company criminally liable if it fails to prevent the facilitation of UK or non-UK tax evasion by an employee, agent or...more

Corporate criminal liability risk increases for financial services

The Criminal Finances Act 2017, which received Royal Assent last week, contains the largest expansion of UK corporate criminal liability since the Bribery Act 2010 and one of the most significant overhauls of money laundering...more

Corporate criminal liability risk increases for financial services

A proposed new UK law contains the largest expansion of UK corporate criminal liability since the Bribery Act 2010 and one of the most significant overhauls of money laundering and proceeds of crime legislation in the last...more

Proposed changes to UK lease taxation

HMRC published a discussion paper on 8 August 2016 setting out how the UK’s plant and machinery lease taxation rules might be changed in light of IFRS 16, the new accounting standard for leases. Responses to the paper...more

8/17/2016  /  HMRC , IFRS , Investment Funds , Leases , UK

New UK Withholding Tax Exemption For Qualifying Private Placements

On 1 January 2016, a new exemption from UK withholding tax for interest paid on “qualifying private placements” came into force. The conditions to the new exemption focus on various attributes that HMRC consider to be...more

EU Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive Published: Implications For United Kingdom Corporate Taxpayers

On 28 January 2016 the EC published a proposal for a so-called Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive. If implemented it would apply to all taxpayers who are subject to corporate tax in an EU Member State, including corporate taxpayers...more

UK Autumn Statement 2014

Today’s Autumn Statement saw financial institutions hit by a surprise proposal to limit the proportion of their profits which can be reduced by the carry forward of past losses, which will mean tax is paid on those profits...more

12/4/2014  /  Corporate Taxes , Tax Reform , UK

UK’s financial transaction tax challenge – mission accomplished

The UK was challenging the legality of the decision taken by the Council of the European Union to authorise the enhanced cooperation procedure (ECP) to establish an FTT for a subgroup of willing Member States. The UK, and a...more

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