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20 questions on tax and Covid-19

The tax implications of Covid-19 is something all businesses are now grappling with. Freshfields’ London tax team answers the key questions.

The size of the challenge

1. What are the key challenges facing businesses as a result of the Covid-19 crisis?

It is no exaggeration to say that the Covid-19 health crisis – and more significantly the extent of the global governmental response in the form of lockdowns social distancing and travel restrictions – presents an unprecedented cocktail of challenges for businesses. Companies must deal with major disruption to their workforce and working practices with remote working – and the IT wellbeing and other challenges it presents – becoming widespread almost overnight. At the same time in sectors such as tourism physical retail and the leisure industry revenues have plummeted as consumers stay at home leading to a scramble to conserve...

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