Tax teams confront the initial impacts of Brexit

Alice Jones

January 20 2021

Trucks have been turned away at the UK-EU border due to incorrect paperwork.

Multinational enterprises (MNEs) are dealing with widespread Brexit uncertainty caused by the UK-EU trade agreement’s rules of origin, a shortage of customs brokers, and changes at the Irish sea border and UK land bridge.

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Alice Jones

Commercial Editor ITR

Alice is an editor of commercial content across Euromoney brands including International Tax Review (ITR), Managing IP (MIP), and International Financial Law Review (IFLR). She joined the commercial team in March 2022 after working as a journalist for ITR.

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