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:...
It is standard market practice for loan agreements (also known as facility agreements), whether bilateral or syndicated, to:•prohibit a borrower from...
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...
Overdrafts, term loans and revolving credit facilitiesThree common types of loan facility are:•overdrafts•term loans, and•revolving credit facilities...
The regime for property authorised investment funds (PAIFs, or as HMRC use in regulations and their published guidance, Property AIFs)) was introduced...
A management buyout, or MBO, involves the acquisition of a business by its existing management team usually with the help of private equity financing....
The international movement of capital rules should be considered whenever:•any non-UK tax resident subsidiary (referred to in this note as a foreign...
This Agreement is made on [insert day and month] 20[insert year]Parties1[Insert name of selling corporate entity] incorporated in [England and Wales...
This Practice Note contrasts and compares the principal features of the two most commonly utilised transaction structures for the acquisition of a UK...
Warranty and indemnity (W&I) insurance may be used in private company sale and purchase transactions (whether structured as a share purchase or asset...
In an asset sale, the buyer selects and purchases from the seller only those assets and liabilities it wishes to acquire. Sometimes, an asset sale is...
The sale of a company's business can be structured as either:•a sale of the business assets owned by the current owner, including goodwill (an asset...
FORTHCOMING CHANGE relating to the modernisation of stamp taxes on shares framework: The government is asking for views on the principles and design...
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...
This Practice Note is about the issues that arise on a transfer of a going concern involving land and buildings.A transfer of a going concern (TOGC)...
Deal makers may look to insurance to manage a variety of risks inherent in transactions. In many situations, tax risk can be managed or eliminated in...