Overseas interest income

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Interest charged by a UK company to an overseas borrower may be taxed in the borrower’s country by way of withholding tax. It can be complicated to determine exactly where the interest has arisen for tax purposes, but the UK tax treaties generally determine the interest to arise in the country where the recipient of the interest is resident (or where it has a permanent establishment if the interest is attributable to the PE).

The amount of withholding tax will depend on the jurisdiction of payment and whether there is a tax treaty with the UK. Where withholding taxes are suffered, credit

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Anne Fairpo

Barrister

With effect from 1 June 2021, Anne Fairpo is a judge of the First-tier Tribunal sitting in the Tax Chamber. She was previously a fee-paid judge in the same Chamber. Her contributions to LexisPSL Tax and TolleyGuidance were written before her full-time appointment and are her personal view as she is not authorised to write on behalf of the Tribunals Service or the judiciary. Until April 2021, Anne was a tenant at Temple Tax Chambers. She was called to the bar in 2009 after 15 years as a solicitor. Anne’s experience and expertise covers UK and international corporate tax planning and disputes, having acted for a range of clients from small owner-managed businesses to listed multinationals, as well as having advised on intellectual property taxation and UK-US cross-border tax planning, with regard to both direct and indirect tax matters

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