Press Room: Crypto and Digital Assets

The TSC report on crypto: keep calm and carry on – Zoe Wyatt and Laura Knight

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Zoe Wyatt comments on the UK’s potential to become a global crypto hub in the International Business Times

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Ben Lee comments on UK crypto regulation in the FT

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14 Jul 2022

The world of NFTs: a tax perspective – Zoe Wyatt

Partner and Head of Crypto, Zoe Wyatt, discusses the UK’s regulatory approach to NFTs, along with their tax implications, in Accountancy Daily.

13 Jul 2022

Zoe Wyatt comments on the High Court granting service by blockchain in New Law Journal

Partner and Head of Crypto, Zoe Wyatt, comments on the High Court granting permission to serve court documents on unknown fraudsters via the transfer of an NFT, in New Law Journal.

11 Jul 2022

Andersen welcomes HMRC’s response to the Call for Evidence on the taxation of DeFi in relation to lending and staking

HMRC has issued a Call for Evidence on the taxation of DeFi whilst HM Treasury has also released a consultation response to the regulation approach to cryptoassets.

16 Jun 2022

Zoe Wyatt comments on Celsius halting customer withdrawals in IFA Magazine

Partner and Head of Crypto, Zoe Wyatt, comments on Celsius halting customer withdrawals, in IFA Magazine.

6 Jun 2022

Zoe Wyatt comments on the FCA’s approach to regulating cryptoassets in The Telegraph

Partner and Head of Crypto, Zoe Wyatt, comments on the FCA’s approach towards crypto regulation, in The Telegraph.

7 Apr 2022

Crypto specialists cautiously welcome regulation plans – Zoe Wyatt

Partner and Head of Crypto, Zoe Wyatt, comments on Sunak’s announcement that cryptoassets with a value pegged to that of a conventional fiat currency are to ‘be brought within the scope of regulation’. 

1 Apr 2022

HMRC’s Seizure of Crypto Assets Likely the First of Many – Andrew Park

In light of the news that HMRC has seized NFTs from people under investigation for VAT fraud, Tax Investigations Partner, Andrew Park, explains that wilfully uncooperative taxpayers with undisclosed crypto investments face a “rude awakening”, in Solicitors Journal.

31 Mar 2022

A Landmark UK Enforcement Case For Crypto-Assets – Andrew Park

Tax Investigations Partner, Andrew Park, discusses HMRC’s announcement that is has seized three NFTs from people suspected of organised tax evasion, in Law360.

25 Mar 2022

OECD consults on new crypto tax transparency framework – Andrew Park

Andrew Park, Tax Investigations Partner, comments on the OECD’s newly released public consultation document regarding a new global tax transparency framework to provide for the reporting and exchange of information related to crypto assets, in Tax Journal, eprivateclient and International Tax Review.

4 Mar 2022

Partner and Head of Crypto, Zoe Wyatt, awarded Outstanding Individual of the Year at the 2022 Citywealth Powerwomen Awards

We are delighted to share that Partner and Head of Crypto, Zoe Wyatt, has won the Outstanding Individual of the Year Award at the 2022 Citywealth Powerwomen Awards. 

2 Mar 2022

Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide – HMRC Starts Confiscating Crypto – Andrew Park

In light of the news that HMRC has seized three NFTs from people suspected of organised tax evasion, Andrew Park, Tax Investigations Partner, examines the inroads the UK taxman is now making into tracking and cataloguing crypto transactions, in IFA Magazine.

28 Feb 2022

Going digital – HMRC begins seizing crypto assets – Andrew Park

Tax Investigations Partner, Andrew Park, examines the news that HMRC has seized three NFTs from people suspected of organised tax evasion in a UK law enforcement first.