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Employment Update - January 2020
Key employment and business immigration developments for employers.
The Withdrawal Agreement Bill: not quite "oven ready"
The European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill ("WAB") is due to be debated further in Parliament over the coming weeks. Although its passage through the House of Commons is likely to be eased considerably by the new government's substantial majority, it still has to pass the House of Lords – which may be more inclined to amend it when it considers the legislation next week.
Insights for In-house Counsel - January 2020
Our regular round-up of recent developments and topics for your radar, and news of planned training and networking events for in-house counsel in 2020.
Tax developments for non-resident investors in UK property
2020 is going to be an important year for many non-UK resident investors in UK real estate:
Digital services tax and OECD digital taxation pillars
The taxation of digitalised businesses continues to be a hot topic for the OECD and jurisdictions such as the UK. The perceived problem is that large, global, highly digitalised businesses are paying less tax than they should, and market jurisdictions e.g. where a high volume of sales take place or value is otherwise generated through 'users' do not get their slice of the tax pie.
Merger control and national security: recent developments in the UK
National security has been in the spotlight in the UK due to recently implemented reforms and further proposed changes widening the government’s powers to scrutinise mergers on grounds of national security. A number of recent merger investigations have also indicated that the UK government is willing to scrutinise transactions involving financial investors as well as so-called hostile parties or states.
Employment Winter Newsletter 2019
Welcome to the Travers Smith Winter Newsletter 2019!
Thumbs up to model clauses
The Advocate General (AG) of the CJEU has delivered an early Christmas present, in the form of an opinion in the latest chapter of the Schrems/Facebook saga.
What's Happening in Pensions - Issue 79
Brexit - Phase 2
The EU Withdrawal Agreement Bill is set to recommence its journey through Parliament on Friday 20 December. Assuming the Bill is passed, this will pave the way for Brexit to happen on 31 January 2020, and usher in the transition period which is due to expire on 31 December 2020.
Real estate taxation: comparison of the manifestos
Here is a brief summary of the main taxation changes that will be relevant to the real estate sector from the main party manifestos and accompanying documents.
New rules on money laundering
The Fifth Money Laundering Directive comes into force on 10 January 2020. Firms will need to be ready.
General Election 2019: Employment Implications
With the UK General Election just around the corner, immigration and employment feature heavily in election manifestos. Here we highlight the key pledges from each of the three main parties on employment law and business immigration.
The UK tax landscape – Labour's plan for real change
Labour's manifesto is called "It's Time For Real Change" and, if implemented, their tax proposals would certainly radically alter the current tax landscape.
All parties tax updates
Conservative tax updates
Labour tax updates
Liberal Democrat tax updates
Manifesto Tax Portal
We'll be regularly updating this portal with information and commentary on the UK's General Election 2019, with a specific focus on the tax news as that arrives. We'll also be collating the tax information in the handy table below.