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Limitations on deductibility of corporate interest expense: where are we now?

Jonathan Rosen (Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld) considers the recent restrictions on corporate interest deductibility, and their impact on the UK’s attractiveness as a holding company jurisdiction.

The corporate interest restriction (CIR) which followed hot on the heels of the hybrid mismatch regime has introduced a significant new limitation on the deductibility of corporate interest expense. The CIR and hybrid mismatch regimes are the latest significant limitations on corporate interest expense deductibility which can be added to the existing list. Now that the CIR has been in place for some months this is a good time to take stock of the various restrictions on corporate interest deductibility and the impact of these changes in the context of the UK’s attractiveness as a holding company jurisdiction.

Corporate interest restriction

The CIR was finally enacted in F(No.2)A 2017 following a long period of...

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