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The National Security and Investment Act – further guidance on notifications
Posted: 18/05/2023
The National Security and Investment Act 2021 (the NSI Regime) has been in force since January 2022. Following publication of the first set of market guidance notes in July 2022, the government has now published, on 27 April 2023, a new edition of notes, which are incorporated into the main NSI guidance. The latest update provides......>>
Penningtons Manches Cooper boosts corporate team with new tax partner
Posted: 17/04/2023
Top 50 law firm Penningtons Manches Cooper has further expanded its corporate team with the appointment of tax partner Oliver Gutman. Oliver, who joins the firm from Shakespeare Martineau, has over 20 years of experience advising large corporates, investment funds, owner-managed businesses, and individuals on a range of tax issues......>>
The National Security and Investment Act - a year on
Posted: 02/02/2023
Since the introduction of the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (the NSI Regime) at the beginning of 2022, the UK government has reviewed hundreds of mandatory notifications and called in many transactions for detailed national security assessments. Conditions were imposed on nine transactions and three transactions were blocked......>>
Penningtons Manches Cooper advises Seedrs on $100 million acquisition by Republic
Posted: 08/09/2022
The corporate team at Penningtons Manches Cooper has advised Seedrs, Europe’s leading online private investment platform, on its completed acquisition by Republic for $100 million. This is a landmark transaction which creates a business working globally to transform the world of private investment......>>
HMRC guidance on early termination fees and compensation payments - clarity or confusion?
Posted: 06/04/2022
On 7 February 2022 HMRC published its Revenue and Customs Brief 2 (2022) (RCB 2 (2022)) alongside its guidance (VATSC05910, VATSC05920, VATSC05930) on the VAT liability of early termination fees and compensation payments. The policy takes effect from 1 April 2022 and all previous guidance on VAT, early termination fees......>>
Details emerge of the residential property developer tax
Posted: 20/07/2021
Following the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government’s announcement about an improved building safety regime, the Government published a consultation about a new residential property developer tax (RPDT)......>>
Employee ownership trusts: the pros and cons
Posted: 26/02/2021
Shareholders looking to dispose of their companies in a tax efficient way may have noticed that one potential route promises to be entirely tax free – the sale of the company to an employee ownership trust. Can it really be that easy? The advantages and disadvantages of deciding to...…>>
Green initiative requires greater use of recycled materials in proposed new plastic packaging tax
Posted: 21/01/2021
As environmental concerns have continued to rise up the UK Government’s legislative agenda, its recent initiative to introduce a new plastic packaging tax comes as no surprise. Draft legislation and details about the proposed tax can now be accessed on the Government’s website...…>>
Covid-19 tax assistance: emergency support in response to the pandemic
Posted: 31/03/2020
Less than a month ago, the Chancellor announced a number of tax measures as part of the Budget. This was naturally dominated by initiatives to tackle the coronavirus outbreak and, since the Budget, a further raft of tax measures have been announced as part of the emergency programme put in place to help both businesses and individuals......>>
The surprising things about corporation tax and non-resident companies owning UK properties
Posted: 01/11/2019
When a non-UK resident sells a UK property for a profit, UK tax must be paid on the profit. That seems unsurprising but what is more surprising is how long it took the UK to introduce this charge......>>

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