EMPLOYMENT TAXES

Omar Asfar

Andrew Howard and Omar Asfar (Ropes & Gray) examine the employment-related securities and valuation lessons from the tribunal’s decision, including the limits of third-party deal pricing and the high bar for protection offered by professional advice.

Jenny Batchelor

Ahmed Mobasshir

The UK’s legal framework offers statutory and non-statutory clearances, CCMs, APAs and the forthcoming Advance Tax Certainty Service, but these mechanisms fall short in practice, write Jenny Batchelor and Ahmed Mobasshir (Ryan).

Amelia Roffey

Henry Bennett-Gough

Stage three of the RMC test is where the real action now lies, writes Henry Bennett-Gough (Simmons & Simmons).

Chris Barker

Matthew Emms

The Budget changes may have reduced the appeal of selling a company to an EOT but it remains a tax-efficient option, write Matthew Emms and Chris Barker (BDO).

Nisus Larsen

Claire Murray

The UK is likely to become more attractive in the short term for overseas employees but less attractive in the medium to long term, Claire Murray and Nisus Larsen (Alvarez & Marsal) explain.

Georgia Hicks

Georgia Hicks (Devereux Chambers) unpacks the Supreme Court decision, considers the state of the employment status test, and gives guidance for taxpayers.

Nigel Doran

While the Supreme Court judgment in Vermilion provides clarity on some of the questions raised by the deeming rule, it does not touch on questions raised by a number of other common scenarios, writes Nigel Doran (Macfarlanes).

Heather Self

Most would probably agree that the current rate of tax on carried interest is too low. But whatever solution is adopted, a balance needs to be struck between complexity and ‘fairness’, writes Heather Self (Blick Rothenberg).

Claire Matthews

Tax-favoured share plans are firmly in the spotlight at the moment. Claire Matthews (Taylor Wessing) reminds us how EMI options work and reviews recent changes.