by Mike Lewis | Nov 15, 2025
Estimating the impact of exempting US-headed groups from Pillar 2 taxes Full report On 28 June 2025, the UK Chancellor and other finance ministers from the G7 group of countries (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US) unilaterally announced that in...
by Mike Lewis | Nov 5, 2025
Read full analysis A tax deal for US multinationals backed by Chancellor Rachel Reeves could potentially hand US companies a $40 billion annual tax break next year, including around $6 billion for US tech giants, according to new analysis from TaxWatch. The UK...
by Mike Lewis | Oct 17, 2025
A single large pharmaceutical company has received a £3.4 billion tax cut – including £486 million in 2024 alone – from a little-scrutinised tax incentive which is supposed to stimulate innovation and jobs in the UK, even though that company has cut UK...
by Mike Lewis | Oct 6, 2025
Read full report Executive Summary The Patent Box is a UK tax relief which allows companies to pay a corporation tax rate of 10% on profits related to the exploitation of patented inventions and products, rather than the usual 25% rate. Introduced in 2013, the Patent...
by Mike Lewis | Sep 11, 2025
Read full briefing As US President Donald Trump prepares to fly into the UK next week for his second state visit, big tech and tax are almost certainly on the agenda. It’s been reported that the bosses of Apple and OpenAI will join Trump’s delegation, and...
by Mike Lewis | Aug 7, 2025
Summary: UK ministers last month hailed five of the UK’s Overseas Territories for putting in place searchable registers to reveal who really owns companies in their territory – a key tool against tax evasion, money laundering and other illicit financial activities....
