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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.
‘Golden bricks’: when does construction really begin for VAT purposes?
Michael Ridsdale
Richard Dalton
Richard Dalton (BDO) and Michael Ridsdale (Wedlake Bell) challenge the
orthodox view that a dwelling is regarded as being constructed for VAT purposes
when it has reached ‘golden brick’.
The VAT review for July 2024
Gary Barnett
Joao Martinho
Recent VAT decisions on card handling fees, single supply determinations and fixed establishments are reviewed by Joao Martinho and Gary Barnett (Simmons & Simmons).
The VAT review for June 2024
Jo Crookshank
Gary Barnett
Two recent CJEU decisions on the deemed supply rules concerning donated
goods and the VAT status of vouchers, as well as the Court of Appeal’s
decision in Hotel La Tour, are among the developments included in this
month’s review by Jo Crookshank and Gary Barnett (Simmons & Simmons).
The rules of deduction: Hotel La Tour
Etienne Wong
What has changed since
BLP
? Etienne Wong (Old Square Tax Chambers) reviews the recent Court of Appeal ruling on VAT deductibility for professional fees incurred on share sales.
VAT, private school fees and anti-forestalling provisions: how far is too far (back)?
Shanzé Shah
Etienne Wong
Etienne Wong and Shanzé Shah (Old Square Tax Chambers) discuss the extent to which anti-forestalling legislation might challenge prepayments that attempt to preserve the existing VAT treatment of private school fees.
VAT on food: conflicting confections and deemed delicacies
Max Schofield
The Upper Tribunal in
Innovative Bites
has provided welcome clarity
on a contentious point of statutory construction, writes Max Schofield
(Devereux Chambers).
The VAT review for May 2024
Katie Oliver
Gary Barnett
Katie Oliver and Gary Barnett (Simmons & Simmons) examine this month’s
key VAT developments.
VAT and management of SIFs: a new world post-Brexit?
Giles Salmond
Giles Salmond (Stewarts) assesses the likely impact of Advocate General
Kokott’s opinion in the Dutch pension fund cases.
Prudential: members of VAT groups beware!
David Jamieson
David Jamieson (Baker McKenzie) provides an in-depth review of the Court
of Appeal judgment in
Prudential
and assesses the potential
fees are invoiced and paid after changes in VAT group membership.
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