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UK Supreme Court confirms no deduction for expenses related to share and asset sale

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On 16 July 2024, the UK Supreme Court (SC) published its judgment in the case of Centrica Overseas Holdings Ltd (COHL) v HMRC. The ruling addresses the issue of whether professional advisory fees incurred in contemplation of...more

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Changes to Notification Requirements for EMI Options Granted On or After April 6

Companies granting enterprise management incentive (EMI) options to their UK tax resident employees are reminded they must notify HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) of the awards. Failure to do so means that the option is not EMI...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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The Diverted Profits Tax & Royalty Withholding Tax: Impacts on Intellectual Property Licenses and Transactions

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The Diverted Profits Tax (DPT) has been a significant area of focus for taxpayers and tax authorities in the UK and Australia. The tax targets specific situations in which taxable profits are alleged to have been “diverted”...more

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UK Budget 2023 – Key Tax Measures

The Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered the United Kingdom (“UK”) Budget for 2023 on 15 March 2023. The Budget was delivered against a backdrop of some familiar political headwinds, caused by the lengthy shockwaves of...more

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UK Tax Round Up - March 2022

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Welcome to the March edition of the Proskauer UK Tax Round Up. In his Spring Statement, the Chancellor focused on measures to alleviate the increasing cost of living and to boost investment in the economy but there were no...more

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UK Tax Round Up - February 2022

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Welcome to February’s edition of our UK Tax Round Up. This month’s edition includes updated guidance on the VAT treatment of contractual termination payments, updated HMRC guidance on the assessment of “substantial”...more

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UK Tax Round Up - November 2021

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Welcome to November’s edition of the UK Tax Round Up. This month has seen publication of the Finance Bill 2021-22 (what will become the Finance Act 2022) including draft legislation for the basis period reform, UK asset...more

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The UK’s Autumn Budget 2021 – Key Tax Measures

The Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered the United Kingdom (UK) Autumn Budget for 2021 on 27 October 2021. The Budget was delivered against the backdrop of the UK’s ongoing recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic and the...more

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UK Autumn Budget 2021 – Key Tax Measures

The Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered the United Kingdom (“UK”) Autumn Budget for 2021 on 27 October 2021. The Budget was delivered against the backdrop of the UK’s ongoing recovery from the Covid‑19 pandemic and the...more

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UK Tax Round Up - July 2021

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In Haworth v HMRC the Supreme Court (SC) upheld the Court of Appeal’s (CA’s) decision to quash a follower notice (FN) and accelerated payment notice (APN) issued to the taxpayer, Mr Haworth. An FN can be issued by HMRC where...more

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Taxes — Not So Certain After All? HMRC Looks to Mind the Gap

The size of the UK's 'legal interpretation tax gap' is a matter of increasing concern to the government, so much so that it has now published its second consultation on the topic. A 'legal interpretation tax gap' arises where...more

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UK Budget 2021

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The UK has now been in lockdown, on and off, for the best part of a year. With the COVID-19 vaccination programme now in full swing in the UK, and hopefully with light at the end of tunnel, attention has inevitably turned to...more

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UK Tax Round Up - January 2021

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UK COVID-19 Developments - Extension of support for retail, leisure and hospitality businesses - Further to the extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (or furlough scheme), reported in the November issue of...more

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UK Tax Round Up - November 2020

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UK COVID-19 Developments - Extension of support for employed and self-employed workers - On 5 November, the UK Chancellor announced the extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (or furlough scheme) to the end...more

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UK Tax Round Up - January 2020

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UK General Tax Developments - Date set for next UK Budget - The first Budget of the new Conservative government will be held on Wednesday 11 March. There has been significant speculation that there will be a major...more

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Latest on Abolition of Entrepreneurs’ Relief

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There has been much talk recently about “review and reform” (or abolition) of entrepreneurs’ relief. This seems to have moved a step closer this week with Boris Johnson stating that the Treasury are “fulminating” against it...more

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Simplification of UK Partnership Tax Reporting for Investment Fund Partnerships

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In the Finance Act 2018, the UK Government enacted a number of changes to the information required in partnership returns that raised the concern of undue and impracticable administrative burden being imposed on UK investment...more

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UK Tax Round Up - November 2017

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UK Tax News and Developments - The OTS publishes its report "Value added tax: routes to simplification" - On 7 November, the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) published its first report on VAT, which included a range...more

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Asset Management Regulatory Roundup - November 2017 - Issue 11

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A compact summary of the most recent regulatory and tax developments relevant to the UK asset management industry. This issue includes details on ESMA’s updated Q&As on the key information document requirements for PRIIPs;...more

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UK Tax Round Up - September 2017

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UK Tax News and Developments - Finance (No 2) Bill 2017 - The second Finance Bill of 2017, known as Finance (No 2) Bill 2017, has now been published. As expected, this contains most of the provisions which were dropped from...more

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A Quiet UK Budget for Asset Managers, But Other Recent Tax Changes Shouldn’t Be Forgotten

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After numerous UK tax changes affecting asset managers over the past few years – not least the wholesale re-vamping of the tax treatment of carried interest and other fund participations for investment fund managers – the UK...more

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UK Summer Budget 2015 – Key Issues for Asset Managers and Non-UK Domiciled Individuals

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On 8th July 2015, the UK Government announced several changes to UK tax legislation that will affect those holding carried interest in fund structures which utilise at least one partnership (including a limited partnership),...more

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The UK Summer Budget - Private Equity and Investment Management

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The Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Summer Budget on 8th July introduced a series of unexpected tax changes affecting the private equity and investment management industry along with the promise of further changes to come....more

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Finance Bill 2014 Published

The U.K. government has today published the final text of the 2014 Finance Bill. As discussed in our previous Alert, issued on March 19, the Finance Bill includes...more

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