PRIVATE BUSINESS TAXES

Nigel Watson

Nigel Watson and Claire Withers (Burges Salmon) consider the extension of EMI option terms to 15 years and the practical implications for plan design, legacy options and compliance.

Sam Pennington

Matthew Rowbotham

Matthew Rowbotham and Sam Pennington (Lewis Silkin) explore the company law issues on group relief surrenders and the traps that lie in wait.

Claire Miles

QuestionMy client runs a business through a limited liability partnership. It was established in this form for legacy reasons many years ago. The business proved successful, and the individual founders took on investment from two companies who now...

Oliver Twentyman

Many advisers appear to be adopting a contrived and narrow interpretation of the word ‘preferential’ in an attempt to provide commercial protection to EIS investors on a winding-up, warns Oliver Twentyman (Azets).

Ellen Wildig

Sarah Ling

Sarah Ling and Ellen Wildig (Macfarlanes) explore the wider impact for family-controlled businesses of the upcoming reforms to business property relief.

John Endacott

John Endacott (PKF Francis Clark) explores the background and the current state of succession planning post-Budget.

May Smith

Emily Szasz

May Smith and Emily Szasz (Freshfields) examine some of the key tax considerations that arise in relation to the transfer of assets into a continuation fund.

Michael Thomas KC

Diversifying ownership will become an increasingly important strategy in light of the new restrictions to APR and BPR, writes Michael Thomas KC (Pump Court Tax Chambers).

Dominic Robertson

Amaury de Galbert

Does the CJEU’s judgment in Apple signify a major shift in tax State aid cases? Or is Apple likely to be a one-off? Amaury de Galbert and Dominic Robertson (Slaughter and May) investigate.