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Helena S. Whitmore
Director of Tax
11 Pilgrim Street
hwhitmore@mcguirewoods.comLondon EC4V 6RN, United Kingdom F: +44 (0)20 7632 1638 |
Ms. Whitmore advises private and corporate clients with cross-border interests. She has extensive experience in general UK taxation, with a particular focus on inbound investment into the UK, companies with internationally mobile employees and UK resident non-domiciled individuals. She is bilingual in Swedish and English, and is a frequent public speaker on taxation matters relevant to the international community in the UK. Ms. Whitmore writes a regular column for SCAN magazine in the UK, as well as occasional tax commentary articles to various international Chambers of Commerce operating in the UK.
- Business Tax
- Employee Benefits
- Private Wealth Services
- Sports Law
- Family Businesses
- Fiduciary Advisory Services
- Listed as "Recommended," Private Client - Personal Tax, Trusts and Probate, The Legal 500 UK, 2011
- "UK Remittance Basis Charge to Offset U.S. Income Tax," Co-authored with W. Birch Douglass III, Jonathan G. Neal and Michael H. Barker, Practical International Tax Strategies, 15 September 2011
- "Consultation on a UK Statutory Residence Test and Reform of Non-Domiciled Taxation Rules," McGuireWoods News, 20 June 2011
- "New Rules for Non-Domiciled Individuals Announced ," McGuireWoods News, 24 March 2011
- "Keeping Overseas Companies Outside the UK Tax Net," Scan Magazine, 10 August 2010
- "Inheritance Tax: India, Pakistan, Italy & France," McGuireWoods News, 4 August 2010
- "Key Changes Announced Today in UK Emergency Budget," McGuireWoods News, 22 June 2010
- "Are Your Business Assets Protected in the Event of Death?," McGuireWoods News, 21 June 2010
- "United Kingdom - Coming to Work in UK: Ordinarily Resident or Not?," EuroWatch, 8 June 2010
- "Coming to Work in the UK: Ordinarily Resident or Not?," McGuireWoods News, 21 May 2010
- "Revised Arrangements for Shortterm Business Visitors to the UK: What Employers Need to Know," European Business Law Update, Summer 2009
- "New UK Disclosure Opportunity," McGuireWoods News, 11 August 2009
- "Overseas Workday Relief Available for UK Taxpayers Claiming the Remittance Basis," McGuireWoods News, 1 May 2009
- "New Rules under UK Finance Act 2008 May Require Action before April 6, 2009 for Certain US Taxpayers," McGuireWoods News, 27 March 2010
- "Tax Compliance: Possible action required before 6 April 2009," Grundberg Mocatta Rakison LLP, 13 March 2009
- "Non-domiciles tax changes; post Budget update," Grundberg Mocatta Rakison LLP, 20 March 2008
- "Non-Domiciliaries clarification issued by H M Revenue & Customs," Grundberg Mocatta Rakison LLP, 12 February 2008
- "Draft Legislation on Residence and Domicile," Grundberg Mocatta Rakison LLP, 1 February 2008
- "Pre-Budget Report 2007: Residence and Domicile Review," Grundberg Mocatta Rakison LLP, 1 November 2007
- "Pre-Budget Report 2007: Inheritance Tax (IHT)," Grundberg Mocatta Rakison LLP, 1 November 2007
- "Tax Update March 2011," Wealth Planning Seminar, DnB NOR London, 9 March 2011
- "Preparing the business for sale," CIOT, 19 October 2010
- "New Tax Rules for Foreign Residents in UK," London, Finnish Chamber of Commerce, 26 February 2009
- "Non-Doms Breakfast Seminar," Swedish Chamber of Commerce, London, UK, 13 November 2007
- "Welcome to London Seminar," Stockholm, Sweden, 2 February 2009
- BritishAmerican Business Tax London Forum
- English
- Swedish
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EDUCATION BPP London, CTA Study Route, 2001; ATT Study Route, 1998 Umeå University, Sweden, English Certificate, 1988 ADMITTED Chartered Institute of Taxation (CTA) 2001 Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT) 1998 PLACE OF BIRTH Piteå, Sweden |

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