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An Introduction to Tax for the Corporate Lawyer
BPP Professional Education
Summary
Location & dates
9-10 Portland Place
West London
London
W1B1PR
United Kingdom
Overview
SRA Competence
B
Course Content
This is not a drafting course; it looks in some detail at the legislative provisions in the main relevant tax areas above and is designed to allow attendees to gain knowledge and confidence when discussing tax matters.
Venue may change up to 14-days before the course start date. Enquire for dates.
CPD
Description
Learning outcomes include obtaining a greater understanding of:
- Corporation tax basics, including the Permanent Establishment rules
- The main reliefs, such as the Substantial Shareholdings
- Exemption(SSE) and Group Relief
- Capital allowance claims on the purchase of buildings and relevant elections
- VAT on property transactions, including the Capital Goods Scheme and Partial Exemption
- Tax review of Merger and Acquisition activity
- Stamp Taxes and the main reliefs including Group Relief
- Tax due diligence on purchases of companies
- CGT exposure on sales of businesses
- Entrepreneurs’ Relief
- Earn-outs and how they are taxed
Under the SRA’s new approach to continuing competence, solicitors are expected to use the Statement of Solicitor Competence to identify and address their learning and development needs. The competence statement requires the following competencies:
- A - Ethics, professionalism and judgement
- B - Technical legal practice
- C - Working with other people
- D - Managing themselves and their own work
Who is this course for?
Delegates
Corporate lawyers essentially deal with transaction taxes and therefore need to have a sound understanding of corporation tax and the relevant reliefs, capital allowances, VAT and Stamp Taxes and Capital Gains Tax.
This course is designed to provide an introduction to these important taxes and to put them into context.
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