Iain Wright

International Tax Director @Claritas Tax

Helping companies of all sizes to export, trade and expand overseas in order to increase profits and value and to support the UK government’s long term objectives of dramatically increasing exports. Advising foreign companies investing and trading in the UK in order to make the UK as easy a place to do business as possible. I provide tax advice on a wide range of issues including: • Tax efficient profit and cash repatriation • Minimising tax risks overseas • Use of double tax treaties and holding companies where appropriate • Structuring overseas finance • Maintaining tax residency • Minimising worldwide taxes in order to improve investment returns and to justify the additional risks assumed in investing abroad • Tax elements of joint venture, investment and sale and purchase agreements • Structuring of trading arrangements, including use of different trading and transfer pricing structures to reflect the transfer of risk and reward • Controlled Foreign Company (CFC) rules • Taxation of overseas branches versus subsidiaries and use of foreign branch tax exemption • Transfer pricing • Permanent establishment risks and opportunities • Managing of UK and overseas tax compliance I have been providing international tax to both publicly and privately owned companies for more than 10 years. Whilst much of this advice has focused on the UK’s traditional trading partners of the USA, Canada, Australia, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and other members of the European Union, I have had extensive experience of emerging markets, including India, China, Russia, Brazil and Africa. Visit or call 01•••••••75 for more details