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The tribunal gets itself into a difficult position, writes Graham Elliott (Withers)

The government will waive the expected VAT of up to £1.1m from sales of the poppies used within the First World War commemorative installation at the Tower of London and make a charitable donation of an equivalent sum using some of the LIBOR fines collected from banks, chancellor George Osborne s

Customs classification and toys

Zero-rating on supplies to handicapped people

In this month’s briefing, Lee Squires and Fiona Bantock (Hogan Lovells) take a look at three recent VAT cases: Westinsure Group, Welmory and Huddersfield University; and the HMRC briefing regarding the Lok’nStore Group decision.

Julie Park (The VAT Consultancy) answers a query on cross-border supply and installation contracts

Dwelling subject to specific occupation condition

Richard Woolich (DLA Piper) points out ten practical points to understand in relation to the new regime for all businesses when managing their cross-border supplies, both B2B and B2C

The ‘VAT gap’ across the EU in 2012 stood at an estimated €177bn (£139.8bn), or 16% of the total expected VAT revenues of 26 member states, according to a European Commission study.

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