Strategic analysis on global tax architecture, corporate structuring, regulatory frameworks, and cross-border operations.
Most people choose a UAE free zone backwards. They start with the cheapest licence, then find the zone does not licence their activity, the visa quota is too small for their family and staff, or the bank will not open an account. The zone is the last decision, not the first.
Read the analysisRevenue's eBrief 127/26 of 31 August 2026 rebuilt the 2025 Form 11. The return now demands itemised disclosure of CGT deferrals and reliefs, excess employer pension contributions, and split-year treatment. For a founder these are not just new fields; they are where Revenue now cross-checks the reliefs you claimed.
Read the analysisHow many shares should a new UK company issue, and at what value? Many founders copy a number they saw somewhere, and some quietly commit to sums they never meant to owe. Share capital is not the money in the company; it is a set of legal choices made at incorporation, cheap to get right and expensive to unwind.
Read the analysisThe UK-UAE double tax treaty does not make income tax-free. It decides which country may tax each type of income, and only helps if you claim it correctly with a UAE tax residency certificate. It is where the real corridor questions are answered: residence, permanent establishment, and which state taxes the rent.
Read the analysisA UK family investment company, a UK trust and a DIFC or ADGM foundation answer three different questions about control, succession and tax. After the 2025 reforms the honest choice turns on one variable: where the founder is resident. This is the decision layer, and the cost of moving once the wrong one is built.
Read the analysisSARP lets an inbound executive relocating to Ireland exempt 30% of their salary above a threshold from income tax for up to five years. It is the corridor's inbound relief, the flip side of the founder-exit reliefs, but from 1 January 2026 the entry salary rose to €125,000.
Read the analysisFor two years an Irish owner-director could move large amounts of company cash into a personal pension with no benefit-in-kind charge. Finance Act 2024 closed that from 1 January 2025: employer PRSA contributions are now capped at 100% of salary, and the excess is a taxable benefit in kind.
Read the analysisRetirement Relief can pass an Irish business to your children with no Capital Gains Tax, but since 1 January 2025 a €10 million cap applies to owners aged 55 to 69, and €3 million from 70. Tax above the cap can be deferred if the child holds for twelve years, with two clawback clocks to track.
Read the analysisSelling an Irish business can be taxed at 10% instead of 33% under Revised Entrepreneur Relief. From 1 January 2026 the relief covers a lifetime gain of €1.5 million, up from €1 million, but the conditions are strict and passive assets are excluded. This is the founder's personal exit relief.
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