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Court of Appeal rules on VAT exemption for insurance intermediaries

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 28 2010

The Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs v Insurancewide

Chaucer latest Lloyd's entity to consider new domicile

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 26 2010

In an interview with Bloomberg, Chaucer's chief executive officer Bob Stuchbery has indicated that Chaucer will consider redomiciliation out of the UK this year, noting that he would much prefer that Chaucer remained in the UK under a more competitive corporation tax environment

Obama proposes budget that would end foreign reinsurer tax advantages

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 3 2010

President Barack Obama’s recently released proposed Budget of the U.S. Government for the Fiscal Year 2011 (the “Proposed 2011 Budget”) would disallow the deduction for excess non-taxed reinsurance premiums paid to foreign affiliates by a U.S. insurance company

Alastair Darling's Budget proposes tax break for asbestos trusts

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 30 2010

Alastair Darling's 2010 Budget includes provisions designed to help asbestos trusts which were set up by companies prior to 24 March 2010 to meet their asbestos liabilities

Health care legislation imposes tax on annuity income

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 26 2010

The Health Care and Reconciliation Act (the "Act"), signed into law on March 30, 2010, imposes a tax on annuity income to help pay for the multi-billion dollar reform package set forth in both the Act and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, signed into law on March 23, 2010

Rhode Island 2011 budget - tax implications for surplus lines insurers and medical malpractice joint underwriters association

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 16 2010

The 2011 Rhode Island state budget, which was enacted as HB 7397A and signed into law June 2, 2010, amends the taxation statutes applicable to surplus lines insurers and the Medical Malpractice Joint Underwriters Association

Emergency Budget heralds insurance premium tax rise

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • June 24 2010

On 22 July 2010 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, presented his emergency Budget

Recent surge in the lLIHTC equity market

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 1 2010

The low-income housing tax credit ("LIHTC") market has seen a surge in investments by insurance companies over the last year

Prudential test case relating to UK dividend taxation adjourned

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • November 24 2010

Prudential Assurance Co Ltd & Ors v Revenue & Customs Commissioners 2010 EWHC 2811 (Ch) concerned the UK's former rules on the taxation of dividends received by insurance companies resident in the UK on shareholdings in foreign companies which were held as investments in their pension and life assurance business

ECJ finds against AXA in VAT dispute

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • European Union
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  • November 12 2010

In the recent case of AXA UK (Taxation) 2010 EUECJ C-17509, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) was asked by the UK Court of Appeal whether the service of passing payments from patients to dentists was exempted from VAT