| 1 | Private equity: tax overview Private equity backed transactions cover a variety of arrangements from early funding (venture capital), management buyouts and buy-ins to secondary buyouts. This note provides an overview of the main tax issues that arise in each of these transactions. It also provides an overview of the taxation of private equity funds and executives. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 2 | Direct taxes This practice note gives an overview of direct taxes in the UK tax regime. It covers income tax, corporation tax and capital gains tax. It discusses the principles of calculation, rates, payment and compliance, and reliefs (such as capital allowances and research and development (R&D) relief). | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 3 | Income tax: anti-avoidance and secondary liability This note is a general summary of the anti-avoidance rules applying for the purposes of UK income tax and the situations in which one person may be liable for income tax primarily chargeable to another person. It also provides links to notes describing other aspects of the UK income tax rules, such as how income is taxed and exemptions from income tax. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 4 | Income tax: calculation of income profits This note is a general summary of the rules for calculating income for the purposes of UK income tax. It also provides links to notes describing other aspects of the UK income tax rules, such as how income is taxed and exemptions from income tax. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 5 | Income tax: exemptions and reliefs This note is a general summary of exemptions and relief from UK income tax. It also provides links to notes describing other aspects of the UK income tax rules, such as how income is calculated for income tax purposes and how income is taxed. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 6 | Income tax: general principles This note is a general summary of the principles underpinning UK income tax. It describes what income is and how it is taxed. It also provides links to notes describing other aspects of the UK income tax rules, such as calculation of income and exemptions from income tax. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 7 | Income tax: use of losses This note is a general summary of how losses may be used under the UK income tax rules. It also provides links to notes describing other aspects of the UK income tax rules, such as how income is taxed and exemptions from income tax. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 8 | Not ordinarily resident employees: UK taxation of share ... This practice note deals with aspects of the UK tax treatment of employment-related securities and securities options acquired after 5 April 2008 by employees and directors who are UK resident, but not ordinarily resident (R/NOR). It also deals briefly with those who are UK resident and ordinarily resident (R/OR), but not domiciled in the UK. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 9 | Re-registration of a company: from private to public: overview This note sets out the procedure for a private limited company to re-register as a public limited company under the Companies Act 2006. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 10 | Re-registration of a company: from public to private limited ... This note sets out the procedure for a public limited company to re-register as a private limited company under the Companies Act 2006. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 11 | Rescue buyouts An explanation of the particular issues which arise when a buyout is being conducted in a rescue or insolvency situation. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 12 | Tax on chargeable gains: general principles This note is a general summary of the UK rules applying to the taxation of chargeable gains. It describes what chargeable gains are, what assets are affected, when disposals arise, the way in which gains are calculated and the manner in which they are taxed, exceptions from taxation, anti-avoidance rules and how allowable losses may be used. This note is intended as a general overview, so you should be aware that the tax treatment in a particular case may differ from the general position described in this note. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 13 | University spin-outs: overview An overview of the key considerations and steps required in commercialising the intellectual property rights in university research programmes. | Practice notes | Maintained |