Taxation

We have a specialist financial services tax team, including both direct and indirect tax groups. We provide pure compliance work but also assist clients in corporate restructuring, group indirect tax planning and especially in the Lloyd’s environment, personal tax issues which are more often than not interlinked with the related businesses. As we have a wide knowledge base in this field we are able to offer a more comprehensive service that would be expected from a firm of our size, including assistance on transfer pricing issues.

Case Studies

European indirect tax

Following the recently raised profile of the requirement to register and account for IPT across all EEA countries by European insurance companies, the indirect tax team have been appointed to register and administer the tax collection for a major UK listed insurer. While controlling the assignment here from our Canary Wharf office, we were able to deploy representatives from our international network to undertake work on the ground across Europe.

Venture capital funds

One of Littlejohn’s clients is a venture capital fund manager with subsidiary management companies in Jersey and an associated company in the US. Littlejohn has successfully defended the Company against a detailed Revenue enquiry into the transfer pricing and CFC position in relation to the Jersey companies.