"Change begins now” said Labour’s leader Keir Starmer, winner in the UK general election.
The new Labour government is set to implement in the coming months a series of fiscal policies to take effect from 6 April 2025 with the aim of rebalancing the budget deficit and encouraging economic growth, including:
Abolition of the resident non-domicile status: “non-dom" status refers to a person's tax status and describes a UK resident whose permanent home (“domicil...
The current wording of article 73, paragraph 3 of the Italian Tax Consolidated Act (hereinafter TUIR) (tax residence of companies and entities), as amended by Legislative Decree 209/2023 implementing the tax reform on international taxation, establishes that companies and entities are tax resident in Italy if they have in the territory of the State, for the greater part of the tax period:
(a) their registered office; or
(b) the place of effective manageme...
Overview
Most residential properties (dwellings) in the UK are owned directly by individuals. But in some cases a dwelling may be owned by a company or a partnership or other collective investment vehicle, whether UK resident or non-resident. In these circumstances the UK dwelling is said to be “enveloped” because the ownership sits within a corporate “wrapper” or “envelope”.
Chargeable Persons
The Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (ATED) is a tax charged on “...
On 6 March 2024 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, made his Spring Budget speech and set out the government’s plans to bring forward a series of reforms and measures to simplify and make the tax system fairer and supports public finances. Key tax measures announced are detailed below.
Information on all the measures announced, including the annual uprating of duties and rates, can be found in the Spring Budget 2024 and i...
In recent years, there has been a consistently growing interest by investors in purchasing UK residential properties, London in particular is an attractive destination for second homes or investment opportunities.
Owning a property in the UK can indeed be a good investment for both UK residents and non-UK residents, but it does come with Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) implications.
This article focuses on the SDLT issues applicable to both UK and foreign buyers loo...
