Welcome to the June edition of our UK Tax Round Up, which discusses HMRC’s response to its consultation on the new UK carried interest regime to be introduced next year and interesting cases on the main purpose test in the...more
Welcome to the November 2024 edition of our UK Tax Round Up. This month has seen publication of the Finance Bill 2024-25 and interesting cases on the loan relationship unallowable purpose test and the extent that tax applies...more
Welcome to the July edition of the UK Tax Round Up. This month features a call for evidence from the government on potential changes to the tax on carried interest and interesting decisions on the application of the carried...more
As part of the UK’s Spring Budget 2024, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, has announced the abolition of the remittance basis for income tax and capital gains tax for non-UK domiciled, UK resident individuals (the...more
Welcome to November’s edition of the UK Tax Round Up. This month has seen the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement as well as an interesting confirmation from the Court of Appeal on the scope of “arrangements” for capital gains tax...more
12/12/2023
/ Capital Gains Tax ,
HMRC ,
Investment ,
National Insurance Contributions ,
OECD ,
Pensions ,
Private Equity ,
Tax Avoidance ,
Tax Credits ,
Transfer of Assets ,
UK ,
Venture Capital
Spring Budget and Tax Day -
After months of speculation about the possibility that capital gains tax (CGT) rates would be increased in the Spring Budget, both it and the government’s follow up “Tax Day” on 23 March passed...more
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
2/8/2021
/ Anti-Avoidance ,
Capital Gains ,
Capital Gains Tax ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
HMRC ,
Income Taxes ,
International Tax Issues ,
Job Retention Schemes ,
Partnerships ,
Tax Avoidance ,
Tax Exemptions ,
Tax Planning ,
Tax Reform ,
UK ,
Value-Added Tax (VAT)
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
12/3/2020
/ Capital Gains Tax ,
Corporate Taxes ,
EU ,
HMRC ,
Income Taxes ,
International Tax Issues ,
Job Retention Schemes ,
Tax Avoidance ,
Tax Exemptions ,
Tax Planning ,
Tax Rates ,
Tax Reform ,
UK ,
Value-Added Tax (VAT)
The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) has published its first report following its review of certain aspects of the UK’s capital gains tax regime requested by the Chancellor in July this year with the specific purpose of...more
UK COVID-19 Developments -
Furlough not detrimental to EMI options held on 19 March 2020 -
On 26 June, the government introduced a new provision into the Finance Bill that provides that the period during which an...more
8/5/2020
/ Capital Gains Tax ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employee Retention ,
Employment Tax ,
Furloughs ,
Future Fund ,
HMRC ,
International Tax Issues ,
Limited Liability Partnerships ,
Maternity Leave ,
National Insurance Contributions ,
Startups ,
State Aid ,
Tax Avoidance ,
UK ,
Value-Added Tax (VAT) ,
Working Time Regulations
UK Developments -
Amendments to the Finance Bill – entrepreneurs' relief and intangibles -
Three significant changes have been made to the Finance Bill published last October which will be included in the Finance Act...more
2/5/2019
/ Breach of Contract ,
Capital Gains Tax ,
Entrepreneurs ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
HMRC ,
Insurance Industry ,
International Tax Issues ,
OECD ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Shareholders ,
SIFs ,
UK ,
Value-Added Tax (VAT) ,
Venture Capital