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  30/10/2024

  United Kingdom

  Autumn Budget 2024 – key tax announcements

  The 2024 Autumn Budget has been one of the most anticipated fiscal events in recent years. Not only is it a post-election Budget – the Labour Party’s first Budget in almost fifteen years – but the length of the period that has elapsed since the election, the Government’s discovery of a £22bn “black hole” in the public finances, and the broad commitments contained in Labour’s manifesto have all contributed to a lengthy period of intense speculation.Recent confirmation from the Chancellor that tax increases were a certainty, combined with the Government’s...

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  09/09/2024

  United Kingdom

  UK Tax Disputes Digest (Summer 2024)

  Welcome to the Summer 2024 edition of our UK Tax Disputes Digest: a high-level summary of key developments in contentious tax over the last few months for heads of tax, finance directors, general counsel and other in-house professionals.As with previous editions, we have seen a continued increase in HMRC activity across various areas. Both individual and corporate taxpayers would be well-advised to check their tax position as soon as possible to prepare for any potential HMRC investigation into their tax affairs.In this edition, we look at just a few of these developments, including the latest...

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  11/03/2024

  United Kingdom

  Welcome amendment to the Construction Industry Scheme regulations as they relate to payments between landlord and tenants

  At the Autumn Statement 2023, the government announced amendments to the Income Tax (Construction Industry Scheme) Regulations 2005 (the Regulations), including removing certain payments between landlord and tenants from the scope of the Construction Industry Scheme (the CIS).Those amendments will come into force on 6 April 2024, having been laid before the House of Commons on 8 March 2024.What was the concern?The CIS was originally introduced to protect revenue in relation to the construction sector, with significant non-compliance suspected as a result of cash-in-hand payments. The CIS requires...

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  06/03/2024

  United Kingdom

  Spring Budget 2024 – key tax announcements

  Against the backdrop of an election (probably) later this year, the Chancellor was evidently feeling the pressure to make tax announcements that would find favour with the electorate, whilst constrained by the economic environment. Warning that further tax cuts can only be funded by growing the economy and making the state more efficient, the emphasis was on fiscal responsibility and increasing resilience to future shocks. The reduction in employee NICs – matching that in the Autumn Statement - had been so heavily rumoured in the immediate run up to budget day that it was hardly a surprise. ...

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  05/02/2024

  China

  2024 – Topics that may Concern You

  In China, companies constantly have to deal with changes in regulations and new laws. This will also continue in 2024.Topics such as update to the PRC Company Law, adapting Joint Ventures in accordance with the PRC Foreign Investment Law and the PRC Company Law, cross-border data transfer, employment management in the digital age, developments in China's competition law regime etc. will continue to be a concern for most companies in China in 2024. Complying with regulatory requirements is one of the key challenges for foreign companies and investors in China, not only in terms of general compliance,...

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  17/01/2024

  Luxembourg

  Directors' fees are no longer subject to VAT in Luxembourg

  On 21 December 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ CJEU ” or “ Court ”) issued a decision on the case C-288/22. The Court puts an end to a long debate by ruling that the members of the board of directors of a Luxembourg company do not carry out an independent VAT economic activity. The Court considered that they do not undertake their activity independently given that they do not act on their own behalf, their own responsibility and they do not bear the risks linked to their activity. Hence, directors’ fees should no longer be subject to VAT provided...

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