Tax law

Specialist tax solicitor, Simon Briton, provides businesses of all sizes with sensible, straight forward tax advice designed to help business owners get the most out of their business.

With a free initial consultation to discuss the issue and wherever possible, a fixed fee agreement for the work, you will always be sure we have your best interests at heart.

Funding business growth in a tax efficient way:

• Share option schemes and employee incentive plans to recruit and incentivise employees without costing the business money in the run up to exit
• Tax efficient investment to provide working capital
• Investment readiness work
• EIS, SEIS and VCT advance assurance applications
• R&D advance assurance
• Drafting and HMRC compliance work
• Drafting investment agreements and shareholder agreements to ensure compatibility with tax relief regimes
• Handling the post-investment HMRC procedure
• Claiming funding for R&D from HMRC to subsidise the cost of innovation

Protecting business wealth

• Advising on patent box tax relief (reducing tax on profits to 10%)
• Drafting commercial terms to ensure correct tax treatment
• Advising on EFRBS and unwinding tax planning structures
• Tax efficient business property holding structures

Maximising exit values:

• Protecting the benefit of patent box tax relief on reorganisations and acquisitions
• Capital gains tax planning

Transaction support:

• Stamp duty land tax advice
• VAT advice
• Advising on the tax wording in share sale agreements
• Tax on digital / cryptocurrency transactions
• Tax advice on the use of blockchain, cryptocurrencies and tax issues facing digital businesses

Tax issues facing tech founders

• Planning to attract investment
• Planning to grow the team
• Planning for scale the business
• Planning for exit

March 2019 – Tax rules have changed. Property portfolio owners need to act now.

November 2018 – Making property less taxing 

September 2018 – Law firm welcomes tax specialist