The whole area of stamp taxes is extremely complex and there are numerous traps for the unwary.
We provide a comprehensive service on all aspects of Stamp Duty, Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) and the Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (ATED).
Whenever a transaction occurs, whether it is an asset deal or a share deal, stamp taxes will apply.
Stamp duty is payable on the purchase of UK shares, and SDLT applying on acquisitions of UK land interests. Every business will encounter stamp taxes at some point.
There are many complex SDLT charging regimes. Different rates of SDLT depend on:
- whether the acquired property is residential or commercial,
- whether the purchaser is an individual or a corporate,
- whether the individual buyer owns other property,
- whether the buyer is a non-UK resident.
Are you looking at a corporate reorganisation, re-structuring your asset-holding with a view to an exit, renewing your occupational lease, or buying a portfolio of investment properties? We can help.
We will guide you through the rules, advise you on any available reliefs and structure your transaction to manage your exposure.
We provide commercially relevant and collaborative advice to clients from all sectors on complex stamp taxes matters.
- major hotel groups
- national house-builders
- property investors and funds
- property developers
- corporate trustees
Tax Partner, Pauline Hudd, has developed a unique offering in working alongside offshore law firms and corporate trust companies in unwinding complex, offshore property holding structures and managing transactions across multiple jurisdictions.
Get in touch with our team today.
Meet our Stamp Taxes expert
Partner – Stamp Taxes
Pauline is a leading specialist in Stamp Taxes, who provides practical, tailored advice across corporate and real estate transactions, with a particular focus on corporate restructuring and M&A transactions across multiple jurisdictions. She advises on the stamp duty and stamp duty land tax implications of transactions, working closely with lawyers and advisors in UK and offshore jurisdictions to ensure that the implementation of the transaction and the transfer of assets is carried out in accordance with the strict requirements of the legislation in order to benefit from available reliefs. She also acts as deal lead on M & A projects involving corporate and asset purchases.
She has wide-ranging experience in the delivery of company reorganisations, and setting up new holding structures for clients, as well as expertise in the fields of pre-IPO planning, debt/equity swaps, re-financing and offshore security arrangements. She also works extensively with many leading independent hoteliers.
Having started her career with HMRC in the Stamp Office Pauline previously spent 14 years in professional practice with KPMG as a Stamp Taxes specialist before joining Wilder Coe Ltd as a partner in 2016.
This is what clients say about working with Pauline on property transactions…
I can honestly say that my stress levels were at the max. When you joined in and helped push it all along, I felt such comfort. There were steps that I/we could not have known to take. I saw you guiding us through it all and I am beyond grateful that you were willing to do that. In today’s world, you don’t see this often!
Qualifications
- BA (Hons), University College Cardiff
- Member, Stamp Taxes Practitioners Group
Professional memberships
- Member of the Stamp Taxes Practitioners Group
Professional Areas of Expertise
- Stamp duty
- Stamp duty land tax (SDLT)
- Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (ATED)
- M & A
Sectors of Expertise
- Property investors and funds
- Hotel groups
- Non-resident landlords
- Financial services
- Not for Profit Housing Providers
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