Following the recent joint announcement from the UK and Germany on the patent box regime we’ve encountered clients who believe the UK patent box is to shut completely. By way of reassurance here’s a short piece from Richard Turner of FTI Consulting.

Given the recent announcements on the deal struck with Germany there has been some concern over the wellbeing of the only recently introduced UK patent box. It is true that the existing rules will be phased out. However, a new regime will be introduced which is likely to be similar to the existing regime in many ways. 

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