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SMEs expanding overseas

01 November 2017 / Sharon Bedford
Issue: 4622 / Categories: Comment & Analysis
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Pastures new

KEY POINTS

  • Circumstances in which withholding tax should be deducted from foreign payments.
  • Determining whether a UK business has a permanent establishment overseas.
  • Double tax relief on tax paid by the permanent establishment.
  • Impact of transfer pricing rules on group companies.
  • Repatriating profits to the UK.

We live in an increasingly global economy and many smaller businesses need to consider international markets earlier in their development than they might have in the past. Exploring markets outside the UK for the first time can be a daunting prospect as they encounter an unfamiliar commercial regulatory and legal environment. The complex web of international tax rules and regulations serve only to complicate matters. In addition UK businesses have the unknown quantity of Brexit.

Much of the recent focus on international tax...

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