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A Capital Blow for Deducting Management Expenses

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The Supreme Court confirmed in Centrica Overseas Holdings Ltd v HMRC that the tests for trading and management expenses of a capital nature are the same. The decision also confirms that once a company has decided in principle...more

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Lexology In-Depth - Acquisition And Leveraged Finance

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It was a muted start to the year for the acquisition and leveraged finance market due to a challenging macroeconomic climate. Interest rate hikes at one of the fastest paces on record, surging inflation (particularly in...more

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Examining "Purpose"

The recent Upper Tribunal (“UT”) decision in JTI Acquisitions Company (2011) Ltd v HMRC [2023] UKUT 194 (TCC) has further illuminated the interpretation and application of the “unallowable purposes” rule in the UK’s loan...more

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UK Tax Round Up - September 2023

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Welcome to the September edition of the UK Tax Round Up. This month has seen interesting decisions on the salaried members rules, the scope of arrangements for the CGT rollover main tax avoidance purpose test and the...more

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UK Tax Round Up - July 2023

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Welcome to July’s edition of our UK Tax Round Up. This month has seen a number of interesting tribunal decisions, including the denial of double tax relief and of employee expense deductions and the taxation on loans to a...more

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A Toothless Tax Avoidance Scheme: M Northwood v HMRC

The UK’s First-tier Tribunal (“FTT”) has denied a taxpayer a deduction for contributions to a remuneration trust on the basis that such payments did not give rise to an expense under generally accepted accounting principles...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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HMRC v BlackRock Holdco 5 LLC Throws a Spotlight on UK Transfer Pricing and the ‘Unallowable Purposes’ Rule

A decision in late-July 2022 of the UK’s Upper-tier Tax tribunal (“UTT”) has held that interest recognized by a UK resident company on loan notes issued to its parent was non-deductible under the UK transfer pricing rules, as...more

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Potential additional hurdle to clear if interest on intra-group debt is to be tax deductible in the UK

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In applying the UK’s transfer pricing rules, tax advisers have to think beyond the amount of the debt and the interest rate to get comfortable that an intra-group loan is going to be tax deductible. Following a recent case,...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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UK Tax Round Up - January 2022

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UK Case Law Developments - Contributions to remuneration trust scheme not tax deductible - In Strategic Branding Ltd v HMRC, the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) held that sums contributed by the taxpayer company to a...more

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UK Tax Round Up - October 2021

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The Chancellor presented the Budget on 27 October. Although it contained a wide range of general spending and tax-related announcements, there was nothing of significance for the private funds industry that had not been...more

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Top considerations –EMEA Tax trends impacting Private Equity Real Estate in 2021

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White & Case has advised a large number of high-profile international clients on cutting-edge, cross-border and domestic private equity real estate deals, providing valuable strategic tax insight to a broad range of investors...more

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UK Budget 2021 - The Data Centre spin on super-deductions

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In the UK budget on 3 March, Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor, announced a significant improvement in tax relief for a two year period that may make the data centre industry sit up and consider investing in new equipment between 1...more

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UK Tax Round Up - May 2020

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UK COVID-19 developments - Proposed deferral of DAC6 and DAC2 - The European Commission has published a draft directive proposing a three month delay to the deadlines for certain information disclosures under the EU...more

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Budget 2020: real estate tax changes

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Here is a brief summary of the measures in the March 2020 Budget which are relevant to the Real Estate sector. Non-UK resident companies with UK property income – As previously announced, non-UK resident companies that...more

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UK makes amendments to regime for agents withholding tax on rent paid to non-resident corporate landlords

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The Government has amended the existing non-resident landlord scheme regulations (S.I. 1995/2902) in readiness for the transition to corporation tax for non-resident corporate landlords from 6 April 2020. The changes impact...more

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European Real Estate Finance: Recent developments – June 2019

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As part of our periodic updates, here is an overview of recent developments of relevance to participants in the real estate finance market across certain key jurisdictions in Europe....more

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UK Budget 2018 – Key Tax Measures

The Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered the United Kingdom (“UK”) Budget for 2018 on 29 October 2018. The Budget was delivered against the backdrop of the UK’s negotiations with the European Union concerning Brexit. ...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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The White House has made it official and nominated Fed governor Jerome Powell as the next Chair of the Federal Reserve. Powell is expected to continue the basic fiscal (though not necessarily regulatory) policies of the...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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Tax Round Up - April 2017

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Welcome to the Tax Round Up, the first edition of what will be a regular bulletin highlighting the latest tax developments relevant to UK companies and asset managers. We plan to produce this monthly with the next one in...more

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International News: Focus on International M&A

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The Impact of The EU General Data Protection Regulation - The EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 4 May 2016 following the compromise...more

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UK Government Confirms Introduction of New Cap on Interest Deductibility

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The UK Government has recently confirmed that it will be introducing a new cap on interest deductibility. Under the new rule, the ability of groups to obtain tax relief for interest will be limited by reference to a ratio of...more

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