The Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered the United Kingdom (UK) Spring Budget for 2024 on 8 March 2024. The Budget was delivered against the backdrop of an anticipated general election in the summer or autumn of 2024 and...more
Key Tax Measures The Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered the United Kingdom (“UK”) Spring Budget for 2024 on 8 March, 2024. The Budget was delivered against the backdrop of an anticipated general election in the summer...more
Budgets are normally stories of two halves. The first half contains the headline-grabbing tax policy reforms that can be encapsulated in a snappy soundbite in the Budget speech, such as “Chancellor scraps the non-dom regime”....more
KEY FACTS OF REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS UNDER BRITISH LAW - 1. Introduction - Historically, there has been significant investment by overseas individuals and corporations in real estate in England and Wales and in...more
In this review of taxation and the British Virgin Islands, Conyers Corporate Counsel Nicholas Kuria discusses some of the most commonly misunderstood notions relating to the use of offshore jurisdictions, with a focus on the...more
In contrast to recent years, when there has been plenty for real estate tax lawyers to feast on, this Autumn Statement was fairly quiet. Full expensing - After a prolonged period of time-limited, enhanced reliefs,...more
The UK government’s proposals for the reform of stamp duty have been widely welcomed; it is generally felt that modernisation and reform are long overdue in this context. Although the proposals are not intended to alter the...more
On 27 April 2023, the UK government announced the administrative companion piece to the Budget announced earlier this year, which includes 23 technical tax policy proposals (although some are merely announcements of future...more
In an attempt to calm the markets and ensure the UK’s economic stability the new Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, gave a statement ahead of the scheduled Medium-Term Fiscal Plan on 31 October. He announced a reversal of almost...more
Following a highly negative response from the financial markets and the IMF, amongst others, to the UK Government’s “Growth Plan 2022” (released on 23 September 2022 by the then-new Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng and summarised by...more
As has been widely reported, a number of the Mini Budget proposals (summarised in our recent Tax Blog) have been scrapped. The new Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt announced these measures claiming that they are...more
Summary - Some key measures for businesses in this sector were: ..Cancellation of the planned increase in the rate of corporation tax from 19% to 25% from April 2023. The rate will remain at 19%. ..From November...more
The Chancellor today unveiled the UK’s 2022 Growth Plan which has been described as being “the biggest package of tax cuts in generations”. We have summarised here the tax changes that we think will be of interest to our...more
The government is proposing to change the way SDLT is calculated on mixed-property purchases (where residential and non-residential elements are acquired) and on the scope of multiple dwellings relief (MDR). It is offering a...more
In the final part of this four-part series, we explore some of the common issues that may arise in limited recourse structures, as well as ways to address or mitigate the risks and costs....more
It was a relatively light Budget for the real estate sector. Highlights included the long-awaited announcement of the rate of the residential property developer tax and some reform of business rates....more
In private equity secondary transactions, it is commonly assumed that UK stamp duty is not payable. However, in light of the latest HMRC consultation on modernising stamp duty on shares, the approach to dealing with stamp...more
Following on from the announcement in the 2018 Budget, from 1 April 2021 non-UK resident purchasers of residential property in England and Northern Ireland will be subject to a new higher rate of SDLT of 2 percentage points...more
Draft legislation has been published providing for an additional SDLT surcharge to be payable by non-UK resident purchasers of dwellings in England and Northern Ireland, where the effective date of the transaction is on or...more
Highlighting key tax points coming out of the recent economic update (8 July) delivered by the UK Government: Temporary reduction in stamp duty land tax (“SDLT”) on residential property purchases in England and Northern...more
After the broad brush measures taken at the start of the COVID-19 crisis, UK Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, is now targeting help for some of the hardest hit sectors of the economy and is supporting jobs in particular. In his...more
HM Revenue & Customs has released guidance setting out temporary changes to its stamping procedure, which will apply for the duration of the coronavirus (COVID-19) measures in the United Kingdom. ...more