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VAT Cases & News

Summaries of interesting VAT cases for the SME owner.

Stallholder pitches are subject to VAT: Upper Tribunal

Last Updated: 07 August 2019

In Kati Zombory-Moldovan (t/a Craft Carnival) v HMRC [2016] UKUT 0433 the Upper Tribunal (UT) has overturned the First Tier Tribunal’s (FTT) earlier decision and found that the supply of stalls at craft fairs is subject to VAT.

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Reasonable excuse: insufficiency of funds & illness

Last Updated: 03 October 2016

In ETB (2014) Limited v HMRC [2016] UKUT 0424 the Upper Tribunal (UT) held that the sale of a company's business and the director's illness were not a reasonable excuse for late payment of VAT.

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Local Authority trade waste collections & VAT

Last Updated: 29 September 2016

In The Durham Company Ltd (t/a Max Recycle) v HMRC & Anor [2016] UKUT 417 the Upper Tribunal found that supplies of commercial waste collection services by Local Authorities can be exempt from VAT.

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Incomplete invoices & input VAT recovery: EU cases

Last Updated: 29 September 2016

In the two recent cases of Barlis and Senatex the European Court (CJEU) defended the taxpayers' right to recover input VAT even where invoices were not complete.

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VAT exemption & fiscal neutrality

Last Updated: 25 August 2016

In L I F E Services Limited v HMRC [2016] TC05197 the First Tier Tribunal (FTT) found that excluding welfare services provided by a non-charitable company from VAT exemption breached the principle of fiscal neutrality.

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Payment / transfer services exemption

Last Updated: 30 August 2016

In DPAS Limited v HMRC [2016] UKUT 0373 the Upper Tribunal (UT) referred questions to the European Court of Justice (CJEU) regarding the VAT exemption for services relating to payments and transfers.

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Assessment repayments: watch the time limit

Last Updated: 23 August 2016

In Mr XYZ v HMRC [2016] TC05157 the First Tier Tribunal (FTT) rejected the taxpayer’s claim for a repayment as returns were filed more than four years after a VAT assessment.

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  1. Backdated VAT registration refused
  2. Apportion input VAT on overheads
  3. VAT treatment of non-residential conversions without planning consent
  4. FTT overrules HMRC over VAT treatment of mixed-use property conversions
  5. Input VAT on Single Farm Payment Entitlement units can be reclaimed
  6. VAT and vouchers: Upper Tribunal Decision

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