News & Analysis as of

Taxation United Kingdom Tax Planning

McDermott Will & Schulte

Carried interest in the UK: The new average holding period (AHP) condition for credit funds

The UK tax regime for carried interest is being substantially revised from April 2026. This Alert focuses on one particular aspect: the changes to how credit funds should calculate the average holding period (AHP) of their...more

Carey Olsen

Guernsey funds – special considerations for US managers

Carey Olsen on

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

Hogan Lovells

UK carried interest regime: draft legislation confirms scope and conditions

Hogan Lovells on

On 21 July 2025, the UK Government published draft legislation for the new UK carried interest regime, which is expected to come into effect from 6 April 2026. As previously announced, the draft legislation provides for...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

The UK’s New Regime for Carried Interest Taxation - How the Draft Legislation Stacks Up

Latham & Watkins LLP on

On 21 July 2025, the UK government published draft legislation relating to its new carried interest regime. This Client Alert considers key aspects of the new regime and how it may apply to UK-based asset managers and non-UK...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Beard v HMRC: Capital Dividends. A Triumph of Form Over Substance?

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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Towards Commercial Rationality: HMRC’s New Unilateral APA Process Will Reduce Uncertainty Over Cost-Sharing Participation

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

Proskauer Rose LLP

UK Tax Round Up - June 2025

Proskauer Rose LLP on

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

Mayer Brown

Recovery of VAT on DB Pension Scheme Investment Costs – New HMRC Policy

Mayer Brown on

HMRC has announced a new policy on the recovery by employers of VAT charged on investment services provided to their DB pension schemes. Until 18 June 2025, the extent to which an employer could recover any VAT paid on...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Key UK Tax Implications of the Delaware Flip

U.S. venture capitalists investing at the early stages (Seed and Series A) in a UK (or other non-U.S.) company often require that the company “flips” its corporate structure and establishes a U.S. (most commonly Delaware)...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

The New UK Reserved Investor Fund: RIFs and QAHCs Create an Ambitious UK Structuring Toolkit

Introduction - After a long gestation, the much heralded new UK fund structure, the Reserved Investor Fund (“RIF”) is finally expected to be available from 19 March 2025....more

10 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide