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Welcome to July’s edition of our UK Tax Round Up. Apart from the draft legislation and accompanying material released on 21 July as part of “L-Day” (legislation day), July was a fairly quiet month for UK tax developments....more
Introduction The recent UK Court of Appeal decision in Beard considered the treatment of dividends from a non-UK company, particularly the interpretation of ‘dividends of a capital nature’. In her leading judgment, Falk LJ...more
Multinational groups adopting cost contribution arrangements (CCAs) — or cost share agreements in US parlance — as part of their cross-border intellectual property (IP) development strategies have a new opportunity to...more
On 28 April 2025, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) proposed significant reforms to the UK’s transfer pricing and permanent establishment (PE) rules, and a repeal of the diverted profits tax, bringing that regime within UK...more
Welcome to February’s edition of the UK Tax Round Up. This month has seen a number of interesting decisions covering the unallowable purpose test in relation to cross border group relief tax losses, the application of the...more
Sonder Europe Limited (Sonder) leased self-contained apartments from landlords for 2 to 10 years, furnishing and decorating them if needed (without altering the fabric or structure of the apartment), and then sub-let them to...more
During Katten's recent tax planning seminar, a panel of leading experts analysed the impact of the Autumn Budget 2024 (Budget) on the United Kingdom's non-dom tax regime — specifically related to family offices and foreign...more
In Barclays Service Corporation and another v HMRC, the First Tier Tribunal (the “FTT”) has held that the UK branch of an overseas company did not qualify as a member of a value added tax (“VAT”) group in the UK....more
The United Kingdom (“UK”) has specific corporate tax rules on the taxation of loan relationships (parts 5 and 6 of the Corporation Tax Act 2009 (the “Loan Relationships Regime”)). The Loan Relationships Regime contains rules...more
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
Companies must approach HMRC with suitable care when proposing a restructuring plan, mindful of lessons learned from recent case law. Ever since unpaid taxes due to HMRC were “crammed down” pursuant to a restructuring plan...more
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
In HMRC v BlueCrest Capital Management (UK) LLP [2023] UKUT 00232 (TCC) (“HMRC v BlueCrest”), the Upper Tribunal (“UT”) has upheld the decision of the First-tier Tribunal (“FTT”) regarding the United Kingdom (“UK”) salaried...more
HMRC has published a consultation paper anticipating reforms to the UK’s rules on transfer pricing, permanent establishments and diverted profits tax. This is a wide-ranging review and it may be that its constituent parts...more
Earlier this year, the English Court refused to sanction two Part 26A restructuring plans ("RPs") which sought to bind HMRC, the UK tax authority, into restructurings via "cross-class cram down". (See "Restructuring Plans...more
The UK continues to progress its implementation of the OECD’s Pillar Two reforms, with further legislative progress and publication of draft guidance by HMRC....more
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
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
The Court of Appeal in Good v HMRC [2023] EWCA Civ 114 upheld the decision of the Upper Tribunal in examining the meaning of “entitled to” in the context of Section 611 of the Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005...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
Trustees which are UK resident, have UK assets or income which trigger a UK tax liability or directly acquire UK land on or after 6 October 2020 will generally have to register the trust with HMRC's Trust Registration Service...more
VAT incurred on corporate advisory fees not recoverable - In Ince Gordon Dadds LLP v HMRC, the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) has decided that Ince Gordon Dadds LLP (formerly Culver Holdings Limited and the taxpayer) (Culver)...more
The UK Government has published the final version of regulations on 17 January 2023 that will give effect to the UK’s mandatory disclosure rules (“UK MDR”). The International Tax Enforcement (Disclosable Arrangements)...more
The Upper tax tribunal (“Upper Tribunal”) has confirmed the decision of the First-tier tax tribunal (“FTT”), delivered in 2021, in the case of Kwik-Fit Group Limited and others v HMRC. This decision of the Upper Tribunal...more
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