Search results

What is this blog about? This blog is about a legal design project being run by Slaughter and May. The project is intentionally broadly cast to begin with: we are looking at the communication of legal information and asking if our work can be more effective and engaging. This is... A welcoming change for companies looking to bring their group-IP onshore Since 2002, there have been two tax regimes which apply to intangible fixed assets (IFAs) in the UK - the CGT regime for old IFAs and a specific accounts based regime for new IFAs which broadly allow companies to claim tax deductions in line with the acco... COVID-19: Favourable tax measures in France are conditional for large companies As previously announced, the French Ministry of Finance released guidelines on 2 April 2020 setting out the undertakings to be given by large companies wishing to benefit from the favourable tax measures (i.e. the postponement and waiver of taxes) impleme... Morrisons in the Supreme Court – a welcome decision for employers but not a complete get-out-of-jail card Today the Supreme Court has handed down the much-anticipated judgement in WM Morrisons Supermarkets plc (Appellant) v Various Claimants (Respondent). In a decision that will clearly be welcomed by Morrisons and employers more generally, the Supreme Court ... COVID-19 measures in the US In a series of briefings, the Paul, Weiss tax department has described the tax considerations of the CARES Act, a $2 trillion U.S. stimulus and relief package that was signed into law on 27 March 2020, and a number of other recent U.S. tax changes. The be... COVID-19 and Irish corporate tax residence Travel restrictions imposed in response to COVID-19 may impact a director's ability to travel to Ireland in order to attend board meetings and could therefore impact the residence status of an Irish tax resident company. The Irish Revenue are aware of thi... COVID-19: Portuguese tax measures In the context of the public health emergency resulting from the spread of COVID-19, the State of Emergency was declared in Portugal on 18 March 2020. To mitigate the negative economic impact of COVID-19 on companies and individuals, the following measure... Italian businesses to be allowed to convert DTAs into tax credits On 16 March, the Cura Italia decree (Law Decree No. 18/2020) was approved – effective as of 17 March – to strengthen the health care system and support businesses, workers, and families, by preserving employment levels and income, in the face of Covid-19.... French COVID-19 measures: an update In France, additional measures that extend or suspend certain time limits have been implemented in response to COVID-19, and it was announced that certain corporate tax measures that have already been announced and implemented in the context of the COVID-... Are UK organisations getting better at cyber defence in 2020? On Wednesday, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) published its fifth Cyber Security Breaches Survey for 2020. The objectives of the survey are to study how organisations in the UK perceive and experience cyber security risks and w...