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VAT-RECOVERY
The VAT review for December 2025
Katie Oliver
Gary Barnett
Katie Oliver and Gary Barnett (Simmons & Simmons) review recent
VAT developments on factoring, public bodies, input VAT evidence and
intermediaries’ recovery rights.
Avoiding mistakes and costs when deregistering from VAT
Rob Janering
If not planned properly, deregistering for VAT can lead to significant
administrative and cost burdens. Rob Janering (Crowe UK) considers how to
avoid these.
Navigating recovery of VAT on deal fees
Jonny Squires
Maximising recovery of VAT on deal fees requires careful practical structuring
around the specific facts and real substance behind the legal documentation,
writes Jonny Squires (Osborne Clarke).
K (oao Hotelbeds UK Ltd) v HMRC
High Court finds HMRC should have exercised discretion to allow VAT recovery.
VAT on private school fees: 10 takeaways
Etienne Wong
Etienne Wong (Old Square Tax Chambers) provides a guide to the key points
from the Labour government’s introduction of VAT on private school fees.
Disapplication of the option to tax: issues for landlords and tenants
Anisha Polson
Paul Beausang
The VAT option to tax disapplication rules pose a conundrum for landlords
and tenants. Paul Beausang and Anisha Polson (Eversheds Sutherland)
consider what should be done.
The VAT review for July 2022
Mark Watterson
Gary Barnett
This month’s update by Mark Watterson and Gary Barnett (Simmons & Simmons) covers FTT decisions on the tests for a transfer of a going concern and a ‘direct and immediate’ link.
Zipvit: no input VAT deduction for VAT not in fact charged
Michael Hunt
Dawen Gao
Michael Hunt and Dawen Gao (Herbert Smith Freehills) examine the CJEU’s decision that puts to rest a long-running test case.
Royal Opera House: VAT, opera and ice cream
Etienne Wong
Etienne Wong (Old Square Tax Chambers) examines the Upper Tribunal decision in
HMRC v Royal Opera House Covent Garden Foundation.
VAT deductibility for fund-raising: clarity at last
Giles Salmond
Matt Cummings
Giles Salmond and Matthew Cummings (Eversheds Sutherland) examine the
Supreme Court decision in
Frank A Smart Ltd & Son.
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Tax Journal's 2025 Budget coverage
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Management expenses: HMRC’s new nudge campaign
Anna Lucey
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Constantine Christofi
2 /7
Medpro: better late than never
Stacey Cranmore
3 /7
No escape: the new IHT tax rules for pensions
Harriet Betteridge
4 /7
What time is it? A review of the Supreme Court’s decision in Prudential
David Jamieson
5 /7
The trials and tribulations of interest withholding tax
Bezhan Salehy
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Rebecca Rose
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Elvira Colomer Fatjo
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Understanding the FIG regime
Jo Bateson
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Tax Journal's 2025 Budget coverage
Management expenses: HMRC’s new nudge campaign
Anna Lucey
,
Constantine Christofi
Medpro: better late than never
Stacey Cranmore
No escape: the new IHT tax rules for pensions
Harriet Betteridge
What time is it? A review of the Supreme Court’s decision in Prudential
David Jamieson
The trials and tribulations of interest withholding tax
Bezhan Salehy
,
Rebecca Rose
Understanding the FIG regime
Jo Bateson
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HMRC manual changes: 12 December 2025
Finance Bill 2026 published
HMRC revise position on VAT grouping and the Skandia judgment
HMRC explain TOMS changes
Welsh Government confirms landfill disposals tax rates
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Cases of 2025
Places for People Homes Ltd v HMRC
Executor of P Goudman-Peachey v HMRC
HMRC v M Breen
Other cases that caught our eye: 5 December 2025
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TSI Instruments and import VAT recovery
Voluntary returns and impossible penalties
Budget 2025 changes to the share exchanges and reorganisation rules
Fixing the FIG regime before extending it
Welsh Government consults on LTT and other tax changes
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Budget 2025 changes to the share exchanges and reorganisation rules
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Places for People Homes Ltd v HMRC