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Regardless of whether the UK and EU agree a new trading relationship by the end of the Brexit transition period, Northern Ireland’s position has already been set out under the Northern Ireland Protocol to the Withdrawal Agreement.

The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (‘TCA’) provides for continued coordination of social security for workers who move between the UK and the EU. This means these workers may be able to pay social security in just one country. Before the UK left the EU and during its transition period, EU regulation provided that workers moving between EU member states could, pay social security in a single country, often their normal country of residence.

Four and a half years after the June 2016 Brexit referendum, the UK and the EU have reached an agreement on their future trading relationship. The complete text of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (‘TCA’) spans some 1,246 pages and took effect from 1 January 2021.

What is an EU representative? An EU representative acts as a point of contact for EU individuals and local data protection authorities. The purpose of appointing the EU representative is to ensure any EU data subjects (customers, employees, etc.) will be able to contact your organisation in order to exercise their GDPR Data Protection rights as well as to enable the EU data protection authorities an access method to you.

The prominent international tax impact of these deadlines is as follows:

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The UK Prime Minister, Theresa May today announced that she was indefinitely postponing the House of Common’s vote on the Brexit deal she agreed with the EU three weeks ago.

The UK population have taken the decision to leave the European Union. What happens next - and the implications for businesses and organisations in Northern Ireland - is less clear.

Following the prime minister's speech and the verdict of the supreme court, we have a clearer understanding of the government's vision for the UK outside the European Union. Here's more on the vision, what happens next and what it means for your business.

The party conference season gave the clearest indication yet of how the UK’s decision to leave the European Union (EU) will play out. Here we round up what you need to know.

Now that the UK has voted to leave the EU, it is clear that the exit will require a fundamental review of how indirect tax (including VAT and customs duty) will operate going forward. Amidst this uncertainty, every UK VAT-registered business need to assess the impact of any potential changes and where possible, put in place plans to manage these changes.