Over the past year, alongside handling the economic repercussions of the war and issuing financial assistance to war victims and to evacuees, the courts, the legislative authority and the Israel Tax Authority continued their...more
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
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
KEY FACTS OF REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS UNDER TURKISH LAW - 1. Agreement Types - Pursuant to Turkish laws, a real estate sale and purchase agreement shall be in an official form and the transfer of ownership of real...more
In general, foreign funds are not freely movable into China. There is a long history of exercising comprehensive control over foreign investment since China opened its door in the early 1980s. As the economy continues to...more
Types of business entities - The two most common types of legal entities adopted in Argentina are the limited liability company (“Sociedad de Responsabilidad Limitada” or “SRL”) and the corporation (“Sociedad Anónima” or...more
The government has just issued an amendment n°5374 to the draft Finance Bill for 2024 aimed at clarifying the VAT regime applicable to the para-hotel and serviced residences sector, following the Administrative Supreme Court...more
Welcome to March’s edition of the UK Tax Round Up. This month’s edition features comments on the recent Spring Budget together with a summary of some recent case law involving VAT due on services provided to ex-VAT group...more
KEY FACTS OF REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS UNDER DUTCH LAW - Introduction - The purchase of an immovable property is a mutual agreement. Neither the seller nor the buyer has the obligation to make use of the services of...more
The Tax Administration Service published the coordination strategy for taxpayer audits for the fiscal year 2023, which mainly consists of management by the tax authority for taxpayer compliance, actions for the auditing of...more
El Plan Maestro de Fiscalización y Recaudación para el ejercicio de 2023 publicado por el Servicio de Administración Tributaria publicó la estrategia de coordinación para la fiscalización de contribuyentes, la cual...more
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
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
Last year's Budget was presented as setting a course for a journey to a post-pandemic Ireland in 2022. Few could have expected the global economic challenges that were awaiting, including the war in Ukraine, rising inflation...more
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
The Finance Act 2022 (FA22) has introduced a new regime for qualifying asset holding companies (“QAHCs”). The new regime, which came into force on 1 April 2022, offers qualifying companies a wide range of tax benefits,...more
The Principality of Liechtenstein lies at the centre of Europe, nestled between Switzerland and Austria, next to the river Rhine. The form of government is a constitutional monarchy established on democratic parliamentary...more