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Zoe Andrews and Nadia Hourihan (Slaughter and May) offer a whirlwind review of 2025’s tax highlights and curiosities.
Philippe Gamito (Baker McKenzie) examines a year of significant VAT case law, from transfer pricing adjustments and debt-collection boundaries to the evolving scope of insurance and credit intermediation.
Katie Oliver and Gary Barnett (Simmons & Simmons) review recent VAT developments on factoring, public bodies, input VAT evidence and intermediaries’ recovery rights.
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The CJEU’s Kosmiro decision broadens the definition of taxable debt collection and potentially narrows the VAT exemptions for financial and payment services, write Fabian Barth (Alvarez & Marsal) and Roberto van Meurs (EY).
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The ruling in Hotelbeds underscores the public law duty on HMRC to exercise their functions fairly, rationally and reasonably, write Robert Waterson and Ed Griffiths (Eversheds Sutherland).
Jo Crookshank and Gary Barnett (Simmons & Simmons) review the latest VAT decisions, including the Supreme Court ruling in Prudential and the Court of Appeal decision in Hippodrome.
The supply of locum medical practitioners could be VAT exempt. Steven Porter and Rachel Jones (Addleshaw Goddard) discuss the tribunal’s approach.
Medpro frees the tribunal from Martland’s fetters, writes Stacey Cranmore (Pump Court Tax Chambers).
David Jamieson (Baker McKenzie) reviews the Supreme Court’s ruling on when a supply takes place for VAT purposes, with practical lessons for intra-group invoicing and insights into how UK courts are engaging with CJEU case law post-Brexit.
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