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Josh Lom and Michael Alliston (Herbert Smith Freehills) review a decision which sheds fresh light on the investment management VAT exemption by considering its application to an innovative digital investment management platform.
 

While the Good Law Project, led by Jolyon Maugham QC, awaits the outcome of an application for costs protection in its High Court action against Uber over the company’s liability for VAT, Mr Maugham continues to press HMRC over his input tax claim.

A reasonable excuse for late filing of NRCGT return

The derogation for direct selling cannot be applied in a modified way so as to take into account any ‘notional’ input tax, according to a recent AG opinion. Graham Elliott (City & Cambridge Consultancy Ltd) comments.
Etienne Wong (15 Old Square) discusses the new disclosure regime for tax avoidance schemes involving VAT to be introduced by the Finance Act 2017.
 
George Peretz QC (Monckton Chambers) explains why, even post-Brexit, the CJEU is likely to remain a highly relevant source of case law in the UK tax world for the indefinite future.
 
The Court of Appeal judgment in the case of SAE Education Ltd considers how to identify ‘colleges’ of universities, which can exempt their courses from VAT. Laurie Pay and Robert Holland (Deloitte) review the impact of the decision.
 

Applying the Halifax principle to land transactions

The derogation for direct selling

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