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In Haworth v HMRC [2025] EWCA Civ 822 (Haworth) the UK Court of Appeal (CoA) provided much needed clarity regarding the approach to determining the ‘place of effective management’ (POEM) in the context of the UK’s double tax...more
Guernsey, located in the English Channel, is one of the world’s largest offshore finance centres, with a thriving funds industry. The value of funds under management and administration in Guernsey is US$532bn. Guernsey is an...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
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
Over 135 jurisdictions signed up for a global Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) project in October 2021 aimed at reforming the international taxation system. A Two-Pillar approach was developed to...more
Stamp Duty Land Tax Changes from April 2025: What Buyers Need to Know - From 1st April 2025, significant changes to Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) will take effect, impacting buyers across England and Wales. These adjustments...more
La cour administrative d'appel de Paris vient remettre en cause la localisation du siège de direction effective d'une société localisée au Royaume-Uni en recherchant le lieu effectif de prise de décisions stratégiques et en...more
This note describes in outline the laws and taxes which currently apply to a foreign corporation establishing a business operation in the United Kingdom and the administrative requirements which need to be observed once the...more
On October 30, 2024, the Labour government delivered its first Budget since assuming power in July 2024. The Budget is the main annual fiscal event in the UK, and yesterday’s announcements were an important opportunity for...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
The Crown Dependencies have re-affirmed their commitment to international tax standards and the continued value of inter-island cooperation in areas of mutual interest in international tax policy. Ministers from...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 UK Government has announced a number of tax measures in today’s UK Spring Budget. There were no major surprises, particular as some of these developments had been trailed in recent days. As many commentators have...more
Introduction - On 15 March 2023, the UK government revealed the widely anticipated Spring Budget, which contained a number of measures that may be of interest to asset managers....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
As part of the Edinburgh Reforms announced by the UK Government (link back to “UK FS Reforms”), the UK Government has launched a public consultation on the VAT treatment of fund management. The consultation, published on 9...more
The government’s 2022 Growth Plan, deceptively referred to as the “mini-budget,” has brought in notable changes likely to impact the funds industry. In particular, a number of the changes will help ensure the continued...more
The UK Government has recently consulted on a revised approach to sovereign immunity from direct taxation. The consultation was brought about owing to the view that whilst the scope of sovereign immunity-based exemptions has...more
Welcome to June’s edition of the UK Tax Round Up. This month’s edition features a summary of HMRC’s recent guidance on QAHCs and credit funds, the publication of the new UK/Luxembourg double tax treaty and the delay to the...more
Introduction The UK’s new Qualifying Asset Holding Company Regime (the “QAHC Regime”) comes into effect on 1 April 2022. The main objective of the regime is to make the UK a more desirable jurisdiction from which funds (which...more
The United Kingdom ("UK") Qualifying Asset Holding Company ("QAHC") regime (at Schedule 2 to Finance Act 2022) comes into force on 1 April 2022. The HM Revenue & Customs ("HMRC") policy paper dated 27 October 2021 states:...more
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