Recommended Citation

Tommaso Faccio and Jeffrey M. Kadet, Will Bringing Sales Onshore in the U.K. Lead to Higher Taxes?, 146 Tax Notes 1385 (2015), https://digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/faculty-articles/1044

Authors

Tommaso Faccio
Jeffrey M. Kadet, University of Washington School of LawFollow

Will Bringing Sales Onshore in the U.K. Lead to Higher Taxes?

Keywords

United Kingdom, U.K., DPT, Diverted Profits Tax, Royalty Withholding Tax

Document Type

Article

Abstract

The authors discuss changes to the scope of the U.K. royalty withholding tax announced in the 2016 U.K. budget, which, along with the new diverted profits tax, could cause significant increases in U.K. tax paid by multinationals. As will be seen from the example set out in the article, the U.K. royalty withholding tax announced in the 2016 U.K. budget is a major portion of this increase. This will have a major impact on the economics of profit-shifting structures involving revenues that require on-the-ground sales, marketing, and other support activities in the U.K. The U.K.’s actions should be closely examined and may well be followed by numerous other countries feeling the effects of aggressive profit-shifting structures.