Tax law

Specialist tax solicitor, Simon Briton, provides businesses of all sizes with advice relating to:

• 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

To find out more about how the right tax advice can help your business, please contact Simon on 0191 466 1080 or by email simon.briton@pglegal.co.uk