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Corporate Transactions: VAT on Business Sales, Acquisitions & Mergers - Learn Live

Length
3 hours
Next course start
31 May, 2024 See details
Course delivery
Virtual Classroom
Length
3 hours
Next course start
31 May, 2024 See details
Course delivery
Virtual Classroom

Course description

Buying or selling a business usually involves significant sums of money. Ensuring that suppliers apply the correct VAT liability, and that the receiving business recovers the correct amount of VAT as input tax are vitally important.


In this virtual classroom seminar, find out why it makes a difference if the transaction involves shares or assets.


Join Gwen Ryder as she discusses raising capital, reclaiming the VAT charged on costs and fees, and the Transfers of Going Concerns. The VAT Capital Goods Scheme will also be explored in detail, along with selling cross border from the UK and the VAT Reverse Charge.

Upcoming start dates

1 start date available

31 May, 2024

  • Virtual Classroom
  • Online
  • English

Outcome / Qualification etc.

Following all MBL courses, a certificate of attendance will be provided for those who are required to evidence their CPD activity to a professional body.

Training Course Content

Introduction

Buying or selling a business usually involves significant sums of money. Ensuring that suppliers apply the correct VAT liability, and that the receiving business recovers the correct amount of VAT as input tax are vitally important.

In this session, find out why it makes a difference if the transaction involves shares or assets.

  • For vendors: is output tax due?
  • For purchasers: has VAT been charged correctly? if so, is it deductible as input tax?
  • For intermediaries and advisors: exempt financial services? Or not?

What You Will Learn

This live and interactive course will cover the following:

  • Buying and selling a business: asset or share sale?
    • Due diligence questions and tax warranties for buying and selling by way of shares
  • Raising capital
    • Share issues v share sales
    • What are exempt financial services?
    • Specific and open mandates
  • Can I reclaim the VAT charged on costs and fees?
    • Important points for all
    • The position of holding companies
    • The position for VAT groups
  • Transfers of Going Concerns (TOGCs)
    • All the conditions and contract considerations for buyers and sellers
    • Extra steps for TOGCs containing property, or property only TOGCs

International Aspects

  • Selling cross border from the UK- shares and assets
    • Brief rules for the overall considerations
    • Different rules for goods and services
  • The VAT Reverse Charge

Partial exemption and the VAT Capital Goods Scheme

  • A round up of implications for sellers and buyers

Expenses

From £144
MBL Seminars Limited
C/o Law Business Research
Holborn Gate, 330 High Holborn
WC1V 7QT London

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