Old Square Tax Chambers

This Practice Note looks at the interaction between EU law and the direct tax rules of EU Member States, including the impact that EU law had on the direct tax rules of the UK while it was bound by EU law. It looks in particular at what happens when a national tax provision is incompatible with the EU fundamental freedoms, including the potential justifications for restricting a freedom. This Practice Note was produced in partnership with Etienne Wong of Old Square Tax Chambers.

This Practice Note on Islamic finance and tax outlines how a murabaha works as a form of financing, the UK corporation tax and withholding tax issues that apply to a murabaha that qualifies as a purchase and resale arrangement under the UK alternative finance arrangement rules. It also considers certain stamp taxes and VAT issues relevant to a murabaha. This Practice Note was produced in partnership with Sarah Squires of Old Square Tax Chambers.

This Practice Note on Islamic finance and tax outlines how musharaka works as a form of financing and the UK corporation tax and withholding tax issues that should be considered by a company that is party to a musharaka that qualifies as a diminishing shared ownership arrangement under the UK alternative finance arrangement rules. It also considers certain issues regarding the taxation of chargeable gains, stamp duty, stamp duty reserve tax and VAT relevant to diminishing shared ownership arrangements. This Practice Note was produced in partnership with Sarah Squires of Old Square Tax Chambers.

This Practice Note is about the right to interest on repayments of overpaid tax, whether under a statutory regime, the common law of restitution, or EU law (including retained EU law). It covers direct taxes and VAT. This Practice Note also discusses the corporation tax charge on restitution interest, and historic EU law rights to damages in respect of tax overpaid before 31 December 2020. This Practice Note was produced in partnership with Etienne Wong of Old Square Tax Chambers.

This Practice Note is about the rights of a person who has overpaid tax to recover that amount under the common law of restitution. It covers Woolwich claims and mistake-based claims, and the related rules on limitation periods. It also covers the particular issues that arise on the application of the law of restitution to overpaid VAT. This Practice Note was produced in partnership with Etienne Wong of Old Square Tax Chambers.

This Practice Note is about the statutory provisions regulating the recovery of overpaid tax. In the case of direct taxes, it covers overpayment relief. In the case of VAT, it covers the rules applying to a taxable person who has either paid too much output tax or recovered too little input tax. This Practice Note was produced in partnership with Etienne Wong of Old Square Tax Chambers.

This Practice Note outlines the exemption from UK withholding tax that applies to interest paid by a corporate borrower on a qualifying private placement (QPP exemption). It explains the various conditions that need to be met for the QPP exemption to apply and the circumstances in which the exemption ceases to apply. This Practice Note was produced in partnership with Sarah Squires of Old Square Tax Chambers.

This Practice Note on Islamic finance and tax outlines the stamp duty land tax (SDLT) relief for alternative property finance arrangements (APFA) provided by section 71A of the Finance Act 2003, using a musharaka or diminishing shared ownership arrangement over land situated in England or Northern Ireland to illustrate its application. This Practice Note was produced in partnership with Sarah Squires of Old Square Tax Chambers