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Latham & Watkins LLP

Charging Ahead: Grappling With the Characterisation of Fixed and Floating Charges

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The characterisation of fixed and floating charges remains a complex area, not least with respect to new intangible asset types. The key distinction between a fixed and a floating charge is well established as a matter of...more

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UK carbon border adjustment mechanism: shaping up ahead of 2027

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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

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Spring Budget 2024 - Will We See Material Reform?

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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

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Buying and Selling Real Estate in England and Wales (Update)

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

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Missing the Target

In Target Group Ltd v HMRC [2023] UKSC 35 (“Target”), the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court has held that the loan services which the taxpayer company provided to a bank were not exempt from VAT. ...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

UK Tax Round Up - October 2023

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Welcome to the October edition of the UK Tax Round Up. This month has seen the Supreme Court’s judgment on the operation of the employment-related securities deeming provision, the Court of Appeal’s decision on what...more

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

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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

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VAT Invoices and the Final Date for Payment

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In its recent decision in Lidl Great Britain Ltd v Closed Circuit Cooling Ltd (t/a 3CL) [2023] EWHC 2243 (TCC), the TCC provided some helpful guidance around the statutory payment provisions in the Housing Grants,...more

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UK Tax Round Up - April 2023

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Welcome to April’s edition of our UK Tax Round Up. This month has seen a number of interesting cases highlighting the need for taxpayers and HMRC alike to apply a realistic approach to the facts in assessing the tax...more

International Lawyers Network

Buying and Selling Real Estate in England and Wales (Updated)

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

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Spring Budget 2023 - tax impact on the real estate sector

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Underneath the headline points, the Budget contained a number of measures designed to fulfil the Chancellor’s objective of encouraging growth and investment. There was broadly good news for those investing in UK real estate....more

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UK Tax Round Up - March 2023

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Welcome to February’s edition of our UK Tax Round Up. The month has seen interesting cases on the “entitlement” to income and the single and multiple supply tests for VAT as well as announcement of the publication date for...more

Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC

Latest Development In Relationship Between Great Britain And The EU After Brexit

British PM Rishi Sunak and European Commissioner Chief Ursula von der Leyen finalized a new agreement, “The Windsor Framework” (details announced on 27 February 2023), which makes permanent, legally binding changes to the...more

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UK: HMRC changes to notification process for opting to tax on land and buildings

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Whilst the default position is that supplies of land and buildings are usually exempt from VAT (the sale of new commercial buildings excepted), landowners of commercial property will often choose to opt to tax their property...more

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UK Tax Round Up - February 2023

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VAT incurred on corporate advisory fees not recoverable - In Ince Gordon Dadds LLP v HMRC, the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) has decided that Ince Gordon Dadds LLP (formerly Culver Holdings Limited and the taxpayer) (Culver)...more

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The Edinburgh Reforms: post-Brexit financial (de)regulation

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On 9 December 2022, the United Kingdom’s Chancellor of the Exchequer announced an expansive set of reforms to the UK’s financial regulatory regime – labelled the “Edinburgh Reforms”. Following the UK’s exit from the...more

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The Edinburgh Reforms

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On 9 December 2022, in Edinburgh, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a set of reforms that are intended to drive growth and competitiveness in the financial services sector (the Edinburgh Reforms or the Reforms). ...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

UK VAT Treatment of Fund Management Review Announced

As part of the Edinburgh Reforms announced by the UK Government (link back to “UK FS Reforms”), the UK Government has launched a public consultation on the VAT treatment of fund management. The consultation, published on 9...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Edinburgh Reforms

The UK Government has announced wide ranging reforms to the UK financial services industry, including key tax reforms - On 9 December 2022, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, announced the “Edinburgh...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

On the Hunt for Financial Services (and Tax) Reforms

On 9 December 2022, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, announced the “Edinburgh Reforms” of UK financial services. These reforms propose over 30 regulatory reforms that are described as intending to “unlock...more

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Ground rents and the costs of protecting tenants

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The problem - You are the landlord of a residential block in England. The flats in the block were sold on long leases. Each lease reserves a ground rent of £250 a year payable in two instalments every six months....more

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UK Tax Round Up - October 2022

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Welcome to the October edition of the UK Tax Round Up. October has been an extraordinary month in the UK, with political turbulence triggering reversals of many of the tax policies announced by the government at the end of...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

The UK Government’s Growth Plan 2022 – Where Are We Now?

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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

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Mini-Budget September 2022 - Tax impact on the real estate sector

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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

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UK Tax Round Up - May 2022

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Welcome to May's edition of the UK Tax Round Up. This month has seen a number of interesting court decisions, an important opinion of the European Commission’s Advocate General and the commencement of a Treasury consultation...more

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