Welcome to April’s edition of our UK Tax Round Up. This month has seen a number of interesting decisions covering the application of the transfer pricing rules and the unallowable purpose test to an intragroup financing...more
Welcome to March’s edition of our UK Tax Round Up. This month has seen a number of interesting cases covering a range of issues, from the deductibility of costs against employment income to the place of effective management...more
4/10/2024
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Asset Management ,
Corporate Governance ,
HMRC ,
Income Taxes ,
Investment Management ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Mergers ,
Private Equity ,
Private Equity Funds ,
Shareholders ,
Taxation ,
UK
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
2/1/2023
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Annotated Case Law ,
Appeals ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
GAAP ,
HMRC ,
International Tax Issues ,
OECD ,
Personal Services ,
Research and Development ,
UK ,
Value-Added Tax (VAT)
Case Law Developments -
Place of supply for VAT purposes -
The recent case of American Express Services Europe Limited (AESEL) v HMRC is a useful reminder of the well-established two-stage approach to determining the...more
10/7/2019
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Corporate Taxes ,
EU ,
HMRC ,
Income Taxes ,
International Tax Issues ,
Mergers ,
Private Equity ,
Tax Planning ,
UK ,
Value-Added Tax (VAT)
UK Case Law Developments -
Valid notice crucial to tax indemnity claim -
The Court of Appeal (CA) decision in Stobart Group Ltd v Stobart and another is a cautionary tale for any purchaser who, following the...more
9/3/2019
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Anti Tax Avoidance Directive (ATAD) ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
EU ,
HMRC ,
International Tax Issues ,
Member State ,
Mergers ,
Offshore Funds ,
Private Equity Funds ,
Tax Avoidance ,
Tax Liability ,
UK ,
Value-Added Tax (VAT)
Guernsey SPV not resident in the UK -
In Development Securities plc and others v HMRC, the Upper Tribunal (UT) has overturned the prior discussion of the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) in favour of the taxpayer in an important...more
7/1/2019
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Board Meetings ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Goods or Services ,
HMRC ,
International Tax Issues ,
Parent Corporation ,
Subsidiaries ,
Tax Assessment ,
UK ,
Value-Added Tax (VAT)
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
5/2/2019
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Capital Gains ,
Controlled Foreign Corporations ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
HMRC ,
International Tax Issues ,
Mergers ,
Private Equity ,
Shareholders ,
State Aid ,
Stock Options ,
UK ,
Warranties
General UK Tax Developments -
CIOT responds to the draft profit fragmentation provisions in the Finance Bill 2019 -
The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has published its response to the profit fragmentation...more
10/30/2018
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BEPS ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
EU ,
HMRC ,
International Tax Issues ,
Mergers ,
OECD ,
Shareholders ,
Stamp Duty Land Tax ,
Tax Liability ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
Value-Added Tax (VAT)
Streaming of losses on trade succession (Leekes v. HMRC) -
This case involved a taxpayer who purchased a business (the "predecessor business") and combined it with their existing business (creating the "enlarged...more
7/5/2018
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Anti-Avoidance ,
Borrowers ,
Financial Institutions ,
Foreign Taxpayers ,
HMRC ,
Income Taxes ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Lenders ,
OTS ,
Private Sector ,
Public Sector Unions ,
UK
General UK Tax Developments -
Enterprise management incentive (EMI) options State Aid approval -
We referred in the April UK Tax Round Up to the expiry of the EU's State Aid approval for EMI options. Fortunately, this...more
5/31/2018
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Anti-Avoidance ,
BEPS ,
Capital Losses ,
Corporate Taxes ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Foreign Subsidiaries ,
HMRC ,
International Tax Issues ,
Mergers ,
UK ,
Value-Added Tax (VAT)