Oct 31, 2018 Brexit: clarity on clearing? By Macfarlanes The Financial Times explores the chink of light apparently provided by Valdis Dombrovskis (the European Commissioner responsible for...
Oct 31, 2018 Intangibles taxation - radical reform v cautious amendment: caution wins By Ashley Greenbank Back in February, the Government published a wide-ranging consultation paper canvassing possible reforms of the regimes under which...
Oct 30, 2018 Three Rivers strikes again – emails between in-house lawyer and employee held not to be privileged By Jonathan Pratt In the recent case of Glaxo Wellcome UK Ltd (t/a Allen & Hanburys) v Sandoz Ltd [2018] EWHC 2747 (Ch), the Court held that an exchange of...
Oct 30, 2018 FATF updates its guidance on high-risk money laundering jurisdictions By Neill Blundell Max Hobbs Firms that are subject to the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017...
Oct 30, 2018 The quiet but not shy overseas intangibles tax By Rhiannon Kinghall Were The new digital services tax (DST) has stolen many of the headlines the morning after the Budget. The unassumingly titled "offshore...
Oct 30, 2018 Brexit pragmatism By Alexandra Green A welcome breath of Brexit pragmatism, in the interests of business and its customers, from Andrew Bailey at the City Banquet, Mansion...
Oct 29, 2018 Entrepreneurs' relief: limited edition golden ticket By Ceinwen Rees Alex Ereira Readers (or watchers) of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory will know that often when something is particularly novel and...
Oct 29, 2018 Widened eligibility for special short term business visitor reporting By Lewin Higgins-Green Buried, a little, within the detail of the 2018 Budget will come some positive news for employers with short term business visitors...
Oct 29, 2018 ....and breathe. A moment's pause in UK tax reform for the investment management industry By Ceinwen Rees Tax changes have come hard and fast to the investment management industry in recent Budgets. The Chancellor has hit the pause button in...
Oct 29, 2018 Budget 2018: how ambitious is the new UK tech tax? By Gregory Price The Chancellor surprised many by announcing in his Budget speech that the UK will press ahead with its own tax on digital services,...
Oct 29, 2018 Suspicious Activity Reports - still a defence, but possibly a weakness By Neill Blundell Max Hobbs A person (more usually, a company) may defend itself against committing a money laundering offence by submitting a Suspicious Activity...
Oct 26, 2018 Expecting a boring Budget...? By Ashley Greenbank A Monday in October is a very odd day to choose for a Budget. But the timing of Monday's Budget is important - and not just because it...
Oct 26, 2018 UK and offshore trustees should plan now for the extension of the Trust Registration Service in 2020 By Jennifer Smithson In 2017, HMRC launched the Trust Registration Service as a result of the record keeping and disclosure obligations introduced by the UK’s...
Oct 25, 2018 How valuable is your building's data? By Tania Barnes The autumn edition of Urban Land by the ULI focused on "Big Data" and research conducted by Mckinsey & Co offers some compelling...
Oct 25, 2018 101 ways to stop your tax return pecking away at your carry By Ceinwen Rees Yesterday HMRC launched its latest advertising campaign, alerting people that they shouldn’t let the thought of doing their tax return...
Oct 25, 2018 The employment allowance - enabling job creation, or simply free money? By Lewin Higgins-Green As predictions continue to be made about how the UK Chancellor will fund the announced "end of austerity" (predictions which include...