Graham Elliott ponders the Mercedes-Benz VAT decision and what exactly is meant by ‘in the normal course of events
Peter Vaines considers two recent cases where the tribunal seems to be taking a sympathetic view about reasonable excuses
There have been two conflicting tribunal decisions on the recovery of overpaid VAT where a company either later joined or left a VAT group. Nick Skerrett and Gary Barnett analyse the decisions in Standard Chartered and MG Rover Group
Peter Mason answers a query on the problems with VAT groups in the case of a US banking client.
Vinny McCullagh assesses the impact of HMRC’s victory at the Court of Appeal in HMRC v BT
Helen Thompson and Daniel Lyons outline ways that VAT-registered businesses can mitigate the risk of unwittingly participating in MTIC fraud
Lee Squires and Fiona Bantock examine three recent case decisions on VAT that matter, as well as new rules on the VAT treatment of refunds made by manufacturers
Graham Elliott explains why VAT group registration is ‘a riddle, wrapped in mystery, inside an enigma’
The recent decision in Littlewoods Retail confronts the problem of when compound interest is payable on overpaid VAT, while recognising the exceptional nature of that case, writes Michael Conlon QC
Kevin Hall provides a ‘back to basics’ guide to the flat rate scheme, the cash accounting scheme and the annual accounting scheme