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Philip Gilliland

Philip Gilliland

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Philip Gilliland is an associate in the Tax Department.

Prior to joining Proskauer, Philip trained in the London office of a major international law firm where he worked on restructuring and insolvency, corporate M&A and tax matters. During his training contract he undertook a secondment at Unilever.

Philip earned his B.A. from St Catharine’s College, University of Cambridge.

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COVID-19: UK Tax Residence for Companies and Individuals

By Stephen Pevsner and Philip Gilliland on Posted in Coronavirus, In the news, UK Tax
Introduction In these testing times the ramifications of COVID-19 continue to be felt in every area of personal and corporate life. With lockdowns announced around the world, including in the UK on 23 March 2020, travel has been severely curtailed and business practices are having to change accordingly. Below we discuss what this means for … Continue Reading

COVID-19: UK Chancellor announces measures to support the self-employed

By Stephen Pevsner and Philip Gilliland on Posted in Coronavirus, In the news, UK Tax
Earlier this evening (26 March 2020) the UK Chancellor announced the new Self-Employed Income Support Scheme to help the self-employed face the economic hardship wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic. Below are the key points: The scheme will provide direct cash grants of 80 per cent of individuals’ taxable profits (based on average monthly trading profit … Continue Reading

Coronavirus: UK Chancellor announces unprecedented measures to support the British economy

By Stephen Pevsner and Philip Gilliland on Posted in Coronavirus, In the news, UK Tax
Earlier this evening the UK Chancellor announced an economic intervention which is “unprecedented in the history of the British state” with measures to support the United Kingdom economy in the midst of COVID-19. Below are the key measures he announced for businesses: The government is setting up a Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. The scheme will … Continue Reading

UK Budget 2020

By Katerina Heal and Philip Gilliland on Posted in Corporate tax, In the news, UK Budget
The UK Budget took place on 11 March. In its first post-Brexit Budget with substantial spending announcements, the Treasury wants to continue to ensure the UK remains an attractive and competitive place to invest and do business. We have summarized here the most notable tax changes that will be of interest to our corporate and … Continue Reading

Extended tax liabilities for directors in insolvencies linked to tax avoidance

By Stephen Pevsner and Philip Gilliland on Posted in UK Tax
Draft legislation included in the Finance Bill 2019-2020 will potentially make directors and certain other individuals closely connected to a company jointly and severally liable for a company’s tax liabilities that arise from avoidance, evasion or repeated insolvency and non-payment of tax debts or tax-related penalties of the company. The legislation is targeted at individuals … Continue Reading

Change to IR35 tax obligations from April 2020 for medium- and large-sized companies

By Stephen Pevsner and Philip Gilliland on Posted in In the news, UK Tax
New rules to be introduced from April 2020 will make certain companies who engage workers through intermediaries (the “client”) subject to: assessing whether the workers should be treated as employees of the company; and operating employment tax (PAYE and NICs) in respect of payments made to the workers or their intermediary. Currently these obligations rest … Continue Reading
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