The PLF 2025, definitively adopted by the Senate on 6 February 2025 following a months-long process, is currently being examined by the French Constitutional Council....more
Welcome to January’s edition of our UK Tax Round Up. It was announced this month that the next UK Budget will take place on 6 March 2024. HMRC also published responses on its permanent establishment consultation. In addition,...more
Le 4 août 2023, le ministère des Finances (le « ministère ») a publié de multiples propositions législatives et notes explicatives connexes (les « propositions du 4 août »). Ces propositions du 4 août comprennent des...more
On August 4, 2023, the Department of Finance (Finance) released a significant package of draft legislative proposals and related explanatory notes (August 4 Proposals). The August 4 Proposals include updated legislative...more
The Department of Finance (Canada) (Finance) has released revised draft legislation on the proposed rules regarding excessive interest and financing expenses limitation (EIFEL). The revised draft legislation, released on...more
The Duke of Westminster Principle Still Lives On for Tax Planning - On November 26, 2021, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision and reasons in Her Majesty the Queen and Alta Energy Luxembourg S.A.R.L., 2021 SCC...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
Quick Summary. The People’s Republic of China is the world’s most populous country and carries a rich cultural tradition. China is the world’s largest exporter and the second largest economy. A unitary socialist republic,...more
Quick Summary. In 1867, the United Kingdom passed a Parliamentary act establishing what is now known as Canada. Today, Canada, the largest country in the Western Hemisphere, is a federation of ten provinces and three...more
Temporary changes to the statutory residence test for inbound COVID-19 workers - The UK Chancellor has written to the chair of the Treasury Select Committee outlining temporary changes to the statutory residence test...more
On February 12, 2020, the Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) in Canada v Alta Energy Luxembourg S.A.R.L., 2020 FCA 43 [Alta Lux] concluded that the Canada-Luxembourg tax treaty (Can-Lux Treaty) was not abused when a Luxembourg...more
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
The Mexican Congress approved with some adjustments the Tax Bill presented by the President on September 8, 2019, that included a proposal of Decree through which various provisions of the Income Tax Law, the Value Added Tax...more
EU developments - European Court rules that withholding tax exemptions under EU Directives can be denied by abuse of rights principle - At the end of February, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued...more
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
The Bracewell Tax Report is a periodic publication focused on developments in federal income tax law, including the recently enacted Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, with emphasis on how such developments impact the energy, technology...more
Streaming of losses on trade succession (Leekes v. HMRC) - This case involved a taxpayer who purchased a business (the "predecessor business") and combined it with their existing business (creating the "enlarged...more
General UK tax developments - Changes to taxation of termination payments - HMRC has updated its Employment Income Manual to reflect the changes to the taxation of termination payments (including payments in lieu of...more
This document discusses Notice 2018-26, the third IRS Notice providing guidance on the new mandatory repatriation tax under § 965. Most importantly, the Notice sets forth extensive anti-avoidance rules in respect of...more
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed late last year and became effective as of January 1, 2018. The Act includes a new provision that subjects certain “excess compensation” paid by exempt organizations (organizations exempt from...more
Following the 2017 Budget presented before Parliament on 22 February 2017, the draft tax legislation for the specific tax proposals was released on 19 July 2017 for comment. Comments should be made by 18 August 2017. ...more
On April 11, 2017, we discussed what constitutes Tax Reform. On April 24, 2017, we explored the process by which Tax Reform will likely be created by lawmakers. In our May 3, 2017 blog post, we focused on the likely timing...more
ALJ holds that a Retailer Must File on a Combined Basis with a Related Intellectual Property Licensing Company - A New York State Administrative Law Judge has held that a retailer must file combined corporate franchise...more
Proposed regulations would establish a sweeping framework to treat debt as equity in an effort to curb the use of “excessive” related-party debt. On April 4, 2016, the US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the...more