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In this month’s review, Joao Martinho and Gary Barnett (Simmons & Simmons) examine two decisions on transfers of going concerns and HMRC’s recent guidance on the VAT treatment of fund management services.
HMRC say paid entry prize draws are standard rated, but the VAT exemption may not follow Gambling Act classification. Jonathan Peacock KC (11 New Square) and Peter Williams (RSM UK) explain.
An obligation to correct tax return inaccuracies is coming. Rob Sharpe and Peter North (Cleary Gottlieb) examine the mechanics and some interpretative uncertainties.
Jo Crookshank and Gary Barnett (Simmons & Simmons) review recent VAT developments concerning education, one-off sales, taxi services, the Capital Goods Scheme and online marketplaces.
Caroline Inker and James Morgan (Kirkland & Ellis) consider whether the ruling in A Oy could undermine the assumed VAT neutrality of securitisation structures.
Parallel HMRC and civil proceedings are best handled not as two separate problems to be dealt with in sequence, but as a single, interconnected strategic challenge, write James Le Gallais and Anastasia Nourescu (Stewarts).
In this month’s review, Karen Bannister and Gary Barnett (Simmons & Simmons) examine developments on VAT grouping and overseas entities, securitisation servicing after loan transfers, and the uncertain boundary between single and multiple supplies.
Fabian Barth and James Hurst (Johnston Carmichael) consider the implications for single and multiple supplies and legitimate expectation arguments.
The UK’s legal framework offers statutory and non-statutory clearances, CCMs, APAs and the forthcoming Advance Tax Certainty Service, but these mechanisms fall short in practice, write Jenny Batchelor and Ahmed Mobasshir (Ryan).
Benefit in kind rates remain attractive for electric vehicles, but are only part of the picture. Simon Down and Daria Nikitina (Deloitte) explain why employers should adopt a total cost of operation approach to fleet strategy.
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