11/24/2023 9:59:38 AM Stamp duty in the Autumn Statement 2023: update on the 1.5% charge and extension of the growth market exemption By Tanja Velling The Budget Resolutions published following the Autumn Statement 2023 give temporary statutory effect to provisions intended to remove the...
9/18/2023 9:36:00 AM Has the UK just abolished its 1.5% stamp duty charge? By Mike Lane Tanja Velling “I see the 1.5% is being removed!” was the subject line of a client e-mail received early last Thursday afternoon in light of HMRC’s...
7/3/2023 10:13:25 AM Has the UK just reintroduced its 1.5% stamp duty charge on share issues? By Mike Lane The short version: it seems that it has, with effect from 1 January 2024, as a result of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill...
10/14/2022 9:29:06 AM Riding into the sunset: the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill By Tanja Velling At the end of 2023, certain EU laws and rights retained as part of domestic law in the UK following its departure from the EU will fall...
6/18/2021 3:16:52 PM Stamp duty goes officially online - finally! By Tanja Velling HMRC's press release heralds the decommissioning of the stamp duty press machines as the "end of an era" as the 300-year old process of...
10/15/2020 8:31:58 AM International Tax Competitiveness Index 2020: the results are in By Tanja Velling The Tax Foundation has published the International Tax Competitiveness Index 2020 which assesses the relative competitiveness and...
10/14/2020 11:53:10 AM 2021 Irish Budget: key tax measures By Paul Fahy The Irish Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohue, and the Irish Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Michael McGrath, made their...
8/12/2020 9:05:46 AM The next normal: what comes after the "new normal"? By Slaughter and May The last few months have, I think, made it clear that there will be no single sweeping return to "normal". However, as restrictions start...
10/11/2019 12:00:00 AM Overview of the 2020 Irish Budget – key tax measures By Paul Fahy On 8 October 2019, the Irish Minister for Finance made his 2020 Budget speech to the Irish Parliament. A number of unexpected measures...