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The latest Budget 2010 unveiled by the Ministry of Finance has introduced initiatives to support business restructuring to achieve higher productivity towards higher-value and more innovative players. The Government is encouraging continuous flow of start-ups and new entrants into the economy. The Government is facilitating mergers and acquisitions by introducing, for five years, a one-off tax allowance scheme to help defray a portion of acquisition costs.
The allowance will be equal to 5% of the value of the acquisition. The acquisition of a $50 million company, for example, will give the acquiring company a tax allowance of $2.5 million. The acquiring company will be able to deduct $2.5 million against its taxable income over 5 years, resulting in total tax savings of $425,000. There will be a cap of $5 million in a single Year of Assessment.
The new allowance will help the acquiring company offset part of its costs, but without seeking to distinguish between interest costs and other costs. It is therefore neutral between debt and equity in financing transactions.
Stamp duty on the transfer of unlisted shares for M&A transactions valued up to $100 million in any year will be waived. This one-off concession will also be available for five years.
Here is an article from Law.com discussing a forum on corporate counsel views on alternative billing methods. Not very specific but still interesting.
John Oriogun of Oriogun, PLLC will be speaking at Gaimops Europe conference on the 2 December 2009 (the largest European gathering of hedge funds in Europe).
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WATERCOOLER & MEDIA GALLERY
- Conversation posted October 24, 2011 by Lawrence FriedmanDetails:
Other Chapters may be interested to know that the Illinois Chapter has produced a professionally typeset and printed chapter directory. We distributed this directory to members at the Paris Black Tie Weekend and received favorable many comments. Ourt goal is to have members distribute these both within their firms and also to clients, friends of the firms, and other referral sources.
If other chapters are interested in replicating this directory, we are happy to provide copies and contact information for the designer and printer. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or want a paper copy sent in the mail. The PDF file was created for the printer and is very large (7 MB) and somewhat unwieldy. It is, however, attached below for convenience. If you look at it, give each page plenty of time to load before you give up.
- Conversation posted June 30, 2010 by Lawrence FriedmanDetails:
Yesterday, the Chicago chapter took advantage of great weather and the Chicago River for a social and networking river cruise. We heard about Chicago's great architecture from a knowledgeable docent and enjoyed a buffet of cajun foods. We also thanked Peter Baugher for his years as president of the chapter. It was a really great evening.
- Conversation posted April 15, 2010 by INBLF AdminDetails:
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