Mar 01, 2022 HMRC updates its guidance on the VAT treatment of contract termination payments By Jack Slater Chris Mortimer After a long wait, HMRC has finalised its guidance on the VAT treatment of contract termination payments in R&C Brief 2 (2022). The...
Jul 08, 2021 Britannia’s tax collectors rule the waves? By Damiano Sogaro Charishma Bhujohory Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) maintained that no additional UK value added tax (VAT) would be payable by owners of pleasure...
Jul 02, 2021 What was Parliament's intention? The Supreme Court takes a purposive approach to tax statute in Balhousie Holdings Ltd v HMRC By Pippa Goodfellow The case of Balhousie Holdings Ltd v HMRC concerned the zero-rated supply of a newly constructed care home. The key issue was whether the...
May 24, 2021 Further changes on the horizon – the VAT e-commerce package By Charishma Bhujohory As the dust settles on Brexit, businesses will need to brace themselves for another wave of change on the VAT front – the implementation...
Nov 12, 2020 Enforcing security in a depressed property market By Laura Uberoi Timothy Bromley-White As many businesses now face another phase of closures, we are seeing borrowers and lenders reconsidering and restructuring their finance...
Jan 30, 2020 Brexit tax: VAT – The final countdown By Charishma Bhujohory The European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill received royal assent on Friday 24 January 2020 and yesterday the European Parliament...
Jan 21, 2020 VAT recovery for UK private equity funds By Chris Mortimer In the recent case of Melford Capital General Partner Ltd, a UK private equity fund was found by the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) to be...
Sep 16, 2019 HMRC delay new VAT rules for construction businesses By Macfarlanes The domestic reverse charge (DRC) for construction services is no longer coming into force on 1 October 2019 but will be deferred for a...
Aug 21, 2019 The future is digital - starting with VAT By Macfarlanes A key takeaway from the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) Action Plan was the challenge of taxing a global economy in the throes of...
Dec 19, 2018 Is Bitcoin a currency? By Gregory Price It depends why you are asking. For VAT purposes, transactions in cryptocurrencies are treated as VAT exempt, essentially on the grounds...
Nov 02, 2018 Budget 2018: VAT By Charishma Bhujohory There was relatively little mention of VAT in the Budget but there were some potentially significant announcements regarding perceived...
Oct 03, 2018 Suppliers of financial services to non-EU customers may face limitation on VAT recovery By Chris Mortimer HMRC have issued draft changes to the Specified Supplies Order, which enables suppliers of VAT exempt financial services to recover VAT...
Aug 24, 2018 VAT and a "no deal" By Charishma Bhujohory VAT, at its core, derives from EU law. Inevitably, specific changes would need to be made to the UK’s VAT rules in the event of a “no...
Jun 04, 2018 Brexit VAT issues: a simple solution? By Ashley Greenbank The debate on Brexit tax issues has not progressed much further than customs duties. Until the question of whether the UK wants to be in...
Jan 10, 2018 Post-Brexit import VAT - possible solutions By Ashley Greenbank One post-Brexit tax issue that has been in the headlines this last week is the possible imposition of import VAT on EU imports. The...