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A Token of Appreciation: Cryptoassets and Employee Incentives - a UK Tax Primer

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Businesses in the blockchain and cryptoasset space are increasingly looking to utilise digital currency and other cryptoassets as an alternative to or alongside other, more traditional employee incentive arrangements, such as...more

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An option to dispose of property does not necessarily give rise to a taxable disposal

In the appeal case of Krishnamohan v HMRC [2024] UKFTT 346, the UK’s First-Tier Tribunal (“FTT”) determined that an agreement titled “Option Agreement” that was entered into to dispose of certain properties, does not, for...more

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UK Tax Round Up - December 2023

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Welcome to December’s edition of our UK Tax Round Up. This month has seen two interesting decisions on the connections needed for amounts to be taxed as employment income, the latest instalment in the BlueCrest partner...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Activists Assemble: Recent Trends in Activist Campaigns Targeting UK Investment Trusts

The United Kingdom has long been a target destination for activist investors. It is the venue for nearly half of all of recent activist campaigns in Europe. In previous articles, we have discussed how informed boards should...more

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Carried interest: legal challenge to the UK tax treatment

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Recent publicity around the UK taxation of carried interest may, in due course, make it more likely that a UK government would look again at the tax rules around carried interest. ...more

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UK Tax Round Up - May 2023

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Welcome to May’s edition of our UK Tax Round. This month has been relatively quiet but there were a couple of cases that affect transactions that we see in practice, including an interesting update on what could constitute a...more

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UK Tax Round Up - March 2023 - 2

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Welcome to March’s edition of the UK Tax Round Up. This month’s edition features comments on the recent Spring Budget together with a summary of some recent case law involving VAT due on services provided to ex-VAT group...more

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UK Budget 2023 – Key Tax Measures

The Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered the United Kingdom (“UK”) Budget for 2023 on 15 March 2023. The Budget was delivered against a backdrop of some familiar political headwinds, caused by the lengthy shockwaves of...more

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UK Tax Round Up - November 2022

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Welcome to the November edition of the UK Tax Round Up. This month has seen the new Chancellor deliver his Autumn Statement following from the previous Chancellor’s so-called mini budget in October and the Court of Appeal’s...more

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UK Tax Round Up - January 2021

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UK COVID-19 Developments - Extension of support for retail, leisure and hospitality businesses - Further to the extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (or furlough scheme), reported in the November issue of...more

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Private Wealth - Horizon Scanning 2020

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With a number of changes affecting the private wealth world to come over the next 12 months, our private client team take a look at some of the key UK legal developments for 2020, including the extension of the UK trust...more

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HMRC updates its guidance on the taxation of cryptoassets in the UK

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On 20 December 2019 HMRC updated its guidance on the taxation of cryptoassets. In particular, HMRC has now given its view on where the most common form of cryptoasset (being the exchange token) should be treated as located...more

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UK Tax Round Up - April 2019

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UK Case Law Developments - Damages on share sales same as on other sales - In Oversea Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd v ING Bank NV, the Commercial Court has held that the measure of damages for breach of warranty in...more

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UK Tax Round Up - March 2019

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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

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Potentially Helpful Changes to Entrepreneurs' Relief

The UK Government has recently proposed further changes to the Entrepreneurs' Relief rules which could make it easier to obtain Entrepreneurs' Relief in certain cases....more

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UK to Tax Real Estate Capital Gains of Non-UK Investors

On 6 July 2018, the UK Government published draft legislation to extend the territorial scope of UK tax by bringing capital gains realised by non-UK resident investors from UK real estate within the scope of UK taxation with...more

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UK Finance Bill 2019 published – UK commercial property tax regime for non-resident investors to change, but some relief for...

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On 6 July 2018 the UK Finance Bill 2019 was published by the UK Government. The draft Finance Bill contains the details of the new regime on taxation of non-UK resident investors in UK real estate that had been proposed in a...more

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UK Tax Round Up - March 2018

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Welcome to the March edition of the Proskauer UK Tax Round Up. As promised, the Spring Statement from the Chancellor focused on the economy and public finances without any major tax announcements. However, a few interesting...more

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Alert: Temporary Halt on Grant of EMI Options to UK Employees

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With a generous individual limit of £250,000, companies with a UK presence, group gross assets below £30m (balance sheet test) and fewer than 250 employees often grant potentially tax advantageous Enterprise Management...more

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UK Tax Round Up - August 2017

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UK Tax News and Developments - Latest on the Finance (No 2) Bill 2017 - On 20 July 2017 the government announced in Hansard that the House of Commons will, on Wednesday 6 September 2017, be asked to approve the Ways and Means...more

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Tax Round Up - June 2017

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International Tax Developments - BEPS Multilateral Convention signed - On 7 June, officials from more than 60 jurisdictions signed the BEPS Multilateral Convention which will transplant a number of measures in respect...more

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Proposed New UK Penalties Regime Precipitated by CRS

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Many people will be familiar with the information gathering and reporting requirements the OECD’s Common Reporting Standard (“CRS”) places on financial institutions. The first exchanges of information between tax authorities...more

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Further Changes Announced to the Non-Domiciles Regime

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On 19 August 2016, the UK Government published a new consultation paper together with draft legislation which will affect changes to the non-domiciles (“non-doms”) regime in the UK. The proposals will be legislated...more

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"No Gains, Just Pain: Increasingly Uncomfortable Taxation Environment for Private Equity Executives’ Compensation"

Arguing that their compensation should count as capital gains — since it derives from the appreciation in value of portfolio companies — private equity executives in Europe generally have been taxed under the more favorable...more

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Financial Services Quarterly Report - Fourth Quarter 2015: Further Change to the UK Taxation of Carried Interest

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The UK Government, as anticipated, issued draft legislation on 9 December designed to establish clear rules as to when carried interest can qualify for favourable capital gains tax treatment. The draft legislation follows a...more

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