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Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

Federal Budget 2024: How It Impacts You and Your Business

On April 16, 2024 (Budget Day) the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada and Minister of Finance, delivered the Liberal Party’s federal budget (Budget 2024). Budget 2024 included a number of proposed...more

International Lawyers Network

Establishing a Business Entity in Hong Kong

ESTABLISHING A BUSINESS ENTITY IN HONG KONG - 1. Introduction - Hong Kong as an international centre for finance, commerce and trade is often considered as one of the most attractive places to do business owing to...more

International Lawyers Network

Establishing a Business Entity in Germany (Updated)

Anyone can establish a business in Germany - irrespective of citizenship, nationality, or place of residence. There is no specific investment legislation for foreign entrepreneurs. Any entrepreneur can make his choice from...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

QSBS Rollovers

Most founders are familiar with Section 1202 of the Internal Revenue Code, which provides a tax exemption for the sale of Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS).  Less well known is Section 1202's cousin, Section 1045, which...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

ESBTs and the Carryover of S Corporation Losses

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Since 1995 to the present, the LLC has emerged as the entity of choice for the vast majority of entrepreneurs. This form of business entity owes its success to the flexibility and to the tax benefits that it affords its...more

International Lawyers Network

Establishing a Business Entity in Germany (Updated)

Anyone can establish a business in Germany - irrespective of citizenship, nationality, or place of residence. There is no specific investment legislation for foreign entrepreneurs. Any entrepreneur can make his choice from...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Avoiding a Trap for the Unwary: Gains from Secondary Sales Treated as Compensation

Founders and other employees of private companies commonly employ sales of stock in the secondary market as a means of accessing cash prior to an offering or exit. Such sales are typically structured as a direct purchase of...more

International Lawyers Network

Establishing a Business Entity in Germany (Updated)

Anyone can establish a business in Germany - irrespective of citizenship, nationality, or place of residence. There is no specific investment legislation for foreign entrepreneurs. Any entrepreneur can make his choice from...more

Gould + Ratner LLP

New Tax Bill Puts a Stop to Incentives for Startup Investing

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Proposal’s Effect Would Limit Access to Capital for Small Businesses - An overlooked provision of the new, sweeping tax bill currently under consideration by Congress as part of President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion...more

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In Case You Missed It: Launch Links - May 2021 #2

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Some interesting links we found across the web this week: Startup Employees Should Pay Attention to Biden’s Capital Gains Tax Plans  The Biden Administration proposed significant changes to the capital gains tax....more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

UK Entrepreneurs' Relief Takes a Hit Following the March Budget

Entrepreneurs' relief (ER) provides for a lower rate of capital gains tax (10 percent) to be paid when disposing of all, or part, of a business, or shares or securities in a personal company, or shares from an EMI scheme,...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

Holland & Hart - The Benefits Dial

Take a bow for the new revolution, and don’t let the same tax mistakes fool you again

As we enjoy the Silicon Slopes Tech Summit 2020, it has been great to catch up with executives, investors, and entrepreneurs working to build the next technology ideas into successful companies. It is interesting to think...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

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Proposed Changes to Entrepreneurs' Relief

In the UK Government's Fall 2018 budget (Budget), recent changes were announced to Entrepreneurs' Relief to ensure that relief is available only to "genuine entrepreneurs". Entrepreneurs' Relief reduces the rate of capital...more

Proskauer - Tax Talks

UK Budget – Some Key Changes

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The UK Budget took place on 29th October. The Chancellor, Philip Hammond, took the opportunity to make a series of targeted changes to the UK’s tax system, some of which had already been announced, but several of which were...more

Hogan Lovells

The Buyout Board: Impact of UK Budget 2018 proposals on Private Equity

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The UK Budget 2018 proposes key changes to the scope of Entrepreneurs' Relief ("ER") which would mean that the reduced capital gains tax rate of 10% will no longer be available where an individual is beneficially entitled to...more

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Finance Bill 2019 – Proposed relaxation of entrepreneurs’ relief rules

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The proposed amendment to entrepreneurs’ relief (“ER”) in Finance Bill 2019 is designed to address one of the outstanding issues with the current law when dilution of a company results in the loss of ER. Under the current...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

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

Latham & Watkins LLP

Why PE Should Stick with Entrepreneurs’ Relief Over the New Employee Shareholder Status

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Over the years the UK has seen a variety of tax efficient schemes available to incentivize management; and in 2014 the Employee Shareholder Status (ESS) regime was added into the mix. ESS essentially allows an employee...more

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