UK pension schemes investing in US companies could face a 30% tax if a proposed US withholding tax is implemented, Hogan Lovells warns.
The law firm said new US laws aimed at targeting offshore tax evasion by US citizens - the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act provisions - introduce a withholding tax of 30% on payments such as div...
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