Send us a text In this episode of The UK Tax Podcast, Chartered Tax Adviser John Kavanagh explains the tax treatment of corporate demergers under UK law, focusing on the three principal routes: statutory demergers, capital reduction demergers, and reconstructions by liquidation. Designed for non-specialist advisers, the episode sets out the conditions for each type of demerger, identifies key tax and legal risks, and discusses the availability of reliefs from income tax, CGT, SDLT and VAT. Th...
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Send us a text In this episode of The UK Tax Podcast, Chartered Tax Adviser John Kavanagh explains the tax treatment of corporate demergers under UK law, focusing on the three principal routes: statutory demergers, capital reduction demergers, and reconstructions by liquidation. Designed for non-specialist advisers, the episode sets out the conditions for each type of demerger, identifies key tax and legal risks, and discusses the availability of reliefs from income tax, CGT, SDLT and VAT. Th...
Tax Case: Statutory Residence Test and Exceptional Circumstances
UK Tax Podcast
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8 months ago
Tax Case: Statutory Residence Test and Exceptional Circumstances
In this episode of The UK Tax Podcast, John Kavanagh explores a significant recent decision from the Court of Appeal in the case of A Taxpayer v HMRC. The case considers how the Statutory Residence Test (SRT) deals with exceptional circumstances and when a taxpayer can be considered prevented from leaving the UK due to unforeseen personal events. The facts involve a taxpayer who exceeded the permitted days in the UK after stepping in to care for her sister during a serious health crisis. The...
UK Tax Podcast
Send us a text In this episode of The UK Tax Podcast, Chartered Tax Adviser John Kavanagh explains the tax treatment of corporate demergers under UK law, focusing on the three principal routes: statutory demergers, capital reduction demergers, and reconstructions by liquidation. Designed for non-specialist advisers, the episode sets out the conditions for each type of demerger, identifies key tax and legal risks, and discusses the availability of reliefs from income tax, CGT, SDLT and VAT. Th...