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Tax analysis: In UK Care No 1 Ltd, the Upper Tribunal (UT) allowed the appeal of the appellant company (UKC1) in part. It considered section 327 of...
Tax analysis: In Outram and another v HMRC, the First-tier Tax Tribunal (FTT) allowed the taxpayers’ appeals against discovery assessments issued to...
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Tax analysis: In Genuine Care Homecare Services Ltd v HMRC, the First-tier Tax Tribunal (FTT) dismissed the appellant’s appeal against assessments for...
Latest Tax Practice Notes
Electricity Generator Levy—what are exceptional generation receipts?This Practice Note discusses the Electricity Generator Levy (EGL). The EGL is a...
Electricity Generator Levy—targeted anti-avoidance ruleThe EGL is a temporary 45% charge on exceptional receipts from wholesale electricity generation...
Tax—Finance Act 2025 tracker—progress through Parliament [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.This Practice...
Electricity Generator Levy—transparency electionsThe EGL is a temporary 45% charge on exceptional receipts from wholesale electricity generation in...
Electricity Generator Levy—relief for shortfall amountsThe EGL is a temporary 45% charge on exceptional receipts from wholesale electricity generation...
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Settlement agreement (employment)This Agreement is made on [insert date or leave date blank] Parties1[Insert Employer’s name] whose registered office...
Share purchase agreement—pro-buyer—corporate seller—conditional—long formThis Agreement is made on [insert day and month] 20[insert...
Clearance letter—non-statutory clearanceHM Revenue & Customs[insert appropriate HMRC team][insert relevant HMRC address]by email:...
Client letter explaining the tax covenant and the tax warranties[Law firm’s letterhead][Addressed to client]Acquisition by [name of buyer] (the Buyer)...
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VAT treatment of damages and compensation payments
VAT treatment of damages and compensation paymentsA damages or compensation payment may attract VAT. This depends on exactly what the payment is for....
The double taxation treaty passport scheme (DTTP scheme)
The double taxation treaty passport scheme (DTTP scheme)The double taxation treaty passport scheme (DTTP scheme) enables a borrower to apply for and...
What are capital allowances and capital expenditure?
What are capital allowances and capital expenditure?What are capital allowances?Capital allowances are the means by which tax relief is given for some...
If the words ‘exclusive of VAT’ are omitted from the definition of annual rent, but there is a VAT clause stating: ‘Where this lease requires the tenant to pay or provide any amount in respect of a VAT supply to the tenant...that amount will be deemed to be exclusive of VAT...and the tenant shall pay a sum equal to that VAT’, will this be sufficient to charge the tenant VAT? Is there any case law in this area?
Direct tax treatment of damages and compensation payments
Direct tax treatment of damages and compensation paymentsWhere a dispute is brought to an end by a payment of damages or compensation, whether under a...
Residential service charges—VAT implications
Residential service charges—VAT implicationsThis Practice Note is about the VAT treatment of residential service charges.Service charges payable to...
Commercial service charges—VAT implications
Commercial service charges—VAT implicationsThis Practice Note is about the VAT treatment of non-residential service charges. General positionService...
Taxation of UK LLPs
Taxation of UK LLPsA UK limited liability partnership (LLP) is a body corporate for company law purposes, but is generally taxed as though it were a...
Qualifying charitable donations and excess management expenses
Qualifying charitable donations and excess management expensesAll companies within the charge to corporation tax can deduct qualifying charitable...
Amortisation of intangible fixed assets
Amortisation of intangible fixed assetsWhere a company acquires (or otherwise incurs capitalised expenditure upon) an intangible fixed asset that...
The Budget and Finance Bill process
The Budget and Finance Bill processThe Budget is a Parliamentary event at which the Chancellor of the Exchequer makes important announcements relating...
Tax treatment of reorganisations of share capital
Tax treatment of reorganisations of share capitalThis Practice Note is about the meaning of a reorganisation for tax purposes, and the tax treatment...
Capital gains—intra-group asset transfers
Capital gains—intra-group asset transfersCompanies which form a group for capital gains purposes are able to transfer assets to one another free of...
VAT treatment of intermediaries, agents and disbursements
VAT treatment of intermediaries, agents and disbursementsFor VAT purposes, an intermediary is a person who makes arrangements for, or facilitates, a...
Taxation of private equity funds—the investors
How are investors in a private equity fund taxed on their share of the profits?This Practice Note sets out how the investors in a typical UK private...
Tax and offshore funds—what is an offshore fund?
Taxation of offshore funds—what is an offshore fund?Background to the offshore funds rulesSpecific tax legislation dealing with offshore funds was...
Partnerships and capital gains
Partnerships and capital gainsThis Practice Note is about the capital gains tax and corporation tax on chargeable gains treatment of UK general...
Tax considerations on a loan agreement—the tax gross up clause
Tax considerations on a loan agreement—the tax gross up clauseIt is standard market practice for loan agreements (also known as facility agreements),...
Associated legal terms
Group relief
This relief enables one company (the surrendering company) to surrender its current trading losses, capital allowances, non-trading deficits on loan relationships, excess management expenses, excess property business losses, excess non-trading losses on intangible fixed assets and excess charges on income, to another company (the claimant company), provided that both companies are in the same group throughout the relevant and respective accounting period(s).
Reduced rate
A supply, acquisition or importation is charged to tax at the reduced rate (VATA 1994, s.29A(1)) if it falls within the descriptions for the time being contained in VATA 1994, Sch 7A.
Thin capitalisation
A company is said to be 'thinly capitalised' when its capital is made up of a much greater proportion of debt than of equity, ie, its gearing or leaverage is too high.
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