{"id":149596,"date":"2026-08-20T19:54:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T19:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/149596\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T19:54:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T19:54:41","slug":"orsted-tax-case-loss-prompts-uk-queries-on-predevelopment-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/149596\/","title":{"rendered":"Orsted Tax Case Loss Prompts UK Queries on Predevelopment Costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UK launched a consultation Monday on tax deductions available for early construction costs in response to a high-profile court loss for Danish energy giant Orsted.<\/p>\n<p>His Majesty\u2019s Treasury is <a href=\"https:\/\/aboutblaw.com\/bmgg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">seeking evidence<\/a> on the types of predevelopment costs incurred, their treatment under the current rules, and their impact on investment decisions.<\/p>\n<p>The consultation centers on the potential fallout of a recent <a data-terminal-id=\"TDJFQ2KIJH9O\" href=\"https:\/\/news.bloombergtax.com\/daily-tax-report-international\/uk-top-court-strikes-down-orsteds-windfarm-study-tax-relief\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ruling<\/a> against Danish energy giant Orsted, including how it has affected companies\u2019 understanding of predevelopment costs.<\/p>\n<p>The UK Supreme Court <a data-terminal-id=\"TDJFQ2KIJH9O\" href=\"https:\/\/news.bloombergtax.com\/daily-tax-report-international\/uk-top-court-strikes-down-orsteds-windfarm-study-tax-relief\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ruled<\/a> in April that Orsted couldn\u2019t claim tax relief on the \u00a348 million ($65 million) the company had spent &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The UK launched a consultation Monday on tax deductions available for early construction costs in response to a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149597,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[285],"tags":[70819,70817,287,70818,3916],"class_list":["post-149596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orsted","tag-energy-deductions","tag-intangible-assets","tag-orsted","tag-real-estate-transactions","tag-wind-energy"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/117129593774596782","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}