The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to be felt across the global business community.
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.
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.
Welcome to the Travers Smith Winter Newsletter 2019!
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.
This article was originally posted on the IFLR website.
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.
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.
The Fifth Money Laundering Directive comes into force on 10 January 2020. Firms will need to be ready.
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.
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.
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.
On 23 June 2016, the British people voted to leave the EU and in March 2017, the UK government triggered the departure process by invoking Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty.
The process of applying for planning consent increasingly requires ever more detailed statements and assessments before an application is determined. This often involves onerous commitments by developers in order to satisfy pre-commencement conditions.
Many organisations are failing to publish information on their payment practices, which could lead to being barred from government contracts or even the spectre of regulatory enforcement.
Key employment and business immigration developments for employers.