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How to handle tax on transaction costs

Chris Harrison and Ben Brown examine the key corporation tax deductibility and VAT recovery issues on M&A deals.

Corporation tax

There are three primary distinctions which need to be drawn when analysing the corporation tax treatment of transaction costs in the context of an M&A deal. The first is whether or not those costs relate to financing (more specifically whether the expense is incurred under or for the purposes of a loan relationship) or one of certain other accounts-based tax regimes. The second and third which become relevant where the costs do not fall into one of...

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