Plant and machinery allowances are the most widely used form of capital allowance. Plant and machinery is often (wrongly) interpreted as if the terms...
It is market practice for a tax covenant, also known as a tax deed, to form part of the transaction documents in respect of a sale of all the shares...
The reasons why a company might carry out a demerger, and the different ways in which a demerger may be structured, are described in Practice Notes:...
This Practice Note describes the law and practice relating to elections under section 198 or 199 of the Capital Allowances Act 2001 (CAA 2001), which...
It is standard market practice for loan agreements (also known as facility agreements), whether bilateral or syndicated, to:•prohibit a borrower from...
Coronavirus (COVID-19): HMRC has stated in its International Manual that if a financial institution cannot meet the FATCA reporting deadline of 31 May...
Where a dispute is brought to an end by a payment of damages or compensation, whether under a court order or an out-of-court settlement agreement:•the...
A damages or compensation payment may attract VAT. This depends on exactly what the payment is for. If it is purely compensatory, it will be outside...
The regime for property authorised investment funds (PAIFs, or as HMRC use in regulations and their published guidance, Property AIFs)) was introduced...
The international movement of capital rules should be considered whenever:•any non-UK tax resident subsidiary (referred to in this note as a foreign...
Land and buildings transaction tax (LBTT) replaced stamp duty land tax (SDLT) in Scotland with effect from 1 April 2015. This Practice Note provides...
Land transaction tax (LTT) replaced stamp duty land tax (SDLT) in Wales with effect from 1 April 2018.This Practice Note summarises how LTT applies to...
The Scottish general anti-avoidance rule (Scottish GAAR) aims to protect revenue through counteracting tax avoidance arrangements, and is intended to...