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Our Corporate Tax team's services cover advice, assistance and action on all of the following:

international tax planning

Our specialist Corporate Tax team has extensive experience in international tax issues which includes advice on:

  • offshore trusts and partnerships (eg use of offshore Employment Benefit Trusts (EBT's) and offshore limited partnerships for venture capital funds)
  • non-domiciliary planning for foreigners working in the UK
  • business investment in and out of the UK and incorporation of UK companies or branches of foreign companies
  • international employee structuring including secondment arrangements in to Europe
  • holding company structures of international groups of companies to obtain tax efficiency with dividends and disposals of assets and subsidiaries
  • foreign property holding structures to minimise local taxes on disposal of developed property for European property funds.

property tax

Our specialist team can advise on:

  • developments structures
  • joint ventures and partnerships
  • VAT structures
  • stamp duty savings schemes
  • enterprise zone schemes
  • capital allowance structuring.

business tax

We cover all aspects of a business's life, including:

  • sole traders and partnerships
  • incorporation of companies
  • corporate reorganisations
  • demergers
  • exit strategies
  • fund raising
  • refinancing
  • leasing.

employee benefits tax

Employees are the most important resource of any organisation.

With the increase in employer's national insurance and the increasing administrative business placed on employees, the challenge of meeting these targets is becoming more and more difficult.

At Blake Lapthorn we offer a tailored approach to meeting your requirements, based on our multi-departmental approach. This covers all the areas that you would expect including:

  • remuneration packages
  • share option and share incentive schemes
  • termination payments
  • pensions
  • PAYE regulations.
For further information please contact Simon Court in Blake Lapthorn solicitors' Tax team on 01865 258015 or email simon.court@bllaw.co.uk.