6th Annual IBA Tax Conference
30 Jan - 31 Jan 2017
etc.Venues
Session information
Brexit – EU tax consequences for financial institutions and others
Monday 30 January (0830 - 1100)
Committee(s)
European Regional Forum
(Lead)
Taxation Section
(Lead)
Description
• Tax impact of EU law • Taxation of interest, dividends, hybrids, royalties • VAT and customs duties • Corporate tax • Withholding tax for payments from continued application of EU tax law (regulations, directives, ECJ decisions) until exit • Impact of BEPS on UK, EU and US • Will EU parent – subsidiary directive, EU margins directive, EU avoidance tax directive and EU single market financial services directive apply? • Protection against discriminatory EU tax • Impact on EU subsidiaries of UK companies • Cooperation between UK and EU with respect to information and collection of taxes • Need for tax treaties with some EU countries • Possible restructuring of UK companies (branch vs subsidiaries in EU), Irish inversion • No exposure to state aid if not in EU • Social security contribution for UK employees working in EU • Possible trade alternatives (Norway, Switzerland, Turkey, Canada WTO rules) • Issues on moving headquarters from UK – where to go (Ireland)
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
Steve Martin Edge | Slaughter and May, London, England |
Speakers
Sandy Bhogal | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, London, England |
Nikolaj Bjørnholm | Bjørnholm Law, Hellerup, Denmark |
Walter H Boss LL.M. | Bratschi Ltd, Zürich, Switzerland |
Peter Vincent Maher | |
Katharina Schindler | Schindler Rechtsanwälte GmbH, Vienna, Austria |
Klaus Sieker | Flick Gocke Schaumburg Partnerschaft mbB, Frankfurt, Germany |
Rom Watson | Ropes & Gray LLP, Boston, Massachusetts, USA |