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VAT assessment time limits: an affront to legal certainty
Fabian Barth
Fabian Barth (Alvarez & Marsal) examines the distinction between when an
assessment is ‘made’ and ‘notified’.
The VAT review for July 2025
Jo Crookshank
Gary Barnett
This month’s review by Jo Crookshank and Gary Barnett (Simmons &
Simmons) covers recent decisions on the single/multiple supply rule and the
VAT finance intermediation exemption, as well as HMRC’s change of policy on
pension scheme costs.
Avoiding mistakes and costs when deregistering from VAT
Rob Janering
If not planned properly, deregistering for VAT can lead to significant
administrative and cost burdens. Rob Janering (Crowe UK) considers how to
avoid these.
Navigating recovery of VAT on deal fees
Jonny Squires
Maximising recovery of VAT on deal fees requires careful practical structuring
around the specific facts and real substance behind the legal documentation,
writes Jonny Squires (Osborne Clarke).
Competing views on the VAT exemption for medical care
Alex Spencer
Two recent cases demonstrate that the scope of the VAT exemption for health
and welfare is far from certain, writes Alex Spencer (Field Court Tax Chambers).
The VAT review for June 2025
Gary Barnett
Joao Martinho
This month’s review by Joao Martinho and Gary Barnett (Simmons &
Simmons) covers the Court of Appeal decision in
Impact Contracting
Solutions
and two recent cases on the meaning of consideration.
The Court of Appeal’s real-world view on the exemption for insurance intermediary services
Dr Michael Taylor
Dr Michael Taylor (PwC) considers whether Henderson LJ’s judgment in
WTGIL could bring all sorts of intermediary services back within the scope of
the VAT insurance exemption.
VAT and the management of Special Investment Funds: the last six years
Alex Tostevin
Etienne Wong
The application of this VAT exemption remains both complex and uncertain,
writes Alex Tostevin (Greenberg Traurig) and Etienne Wong (Old Square
Tax Chambers).
Equitable ownership and VAT: legal mysteries and potential answers
Fabian Barth
VAT law struggles to address the distinction between legal and equitable
ownership, but case law can provide some answers, writes Fabian Barth
(Alvarez & Marsal).
The VAT review for May 2025
Jo Crookshank
Gary Barnett
VAT developments concerning transfer pricing adjustments, tripartite
arrangements and the Tour Operators Margin Scheme are examined in this
month’s review by Jo Crookshank and Gary Barnett (Simmons & Simmons).
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Bezhan Salehy
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Rebecca Rose
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Elvira Colomer Fatjo
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Understanding the FIG regime
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Enhancing UK tax policy: a blueprint for supporting technological innovation
Dominic Mathon
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Kate Murphy
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Carried interest tax reform: next steps
Damien Crossley
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The new UK PE, TP and UTPP rules: key questions
Mark Bevington
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Tax odyssey: the journey to a single securities tax
Naomi Lawton
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Closing in on promoters of marketed tax avoidance scheme
Malcolm Gammie CBE KC
7 /7
The trials and tribulations of interest withholding tax
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Understanding the FIG regime
Jo Bateson
Enhancing UK tax policy: a blueprint for supporting technological innovation
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Kate Murphy
Carried interest tax reform: next steps
Damien Crossley
,
Bezhan Salehy
The new UK PE, TP and UTPP rules: key questions
Mark Bevington
Tax odyssey: the journey to a single securities tax
Naomi Lawton
Closing in on promoters of marketed tax avoidance scheme
Malcolm Gammie CBE KC
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HMRC manual changes: 18 July 2025
Chancellor outlines financial services strategy
CIOT reviews transfer pricing proposals
Marriage allowance: backdating claims
Further HMRC update on VAT penalties
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Abbotsford Property Group Ltd and another v Revenue Scotland
R (oao Thomas Holdings Ltd and others) v HMRC
G Stenhouse and another v HMRC
Other cases that caught our eye: 18 July 2025
B D’Angelin v HMRC
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HMRC’s approach to wealthy individuals
There’s only one POEM
Discovery assessments: agents
Standish v Standish
Section 899 compromise shifts international tax landscape
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‘Legislation Day’ date announced
G Haworth and others v HMRC
One Big Beautiful Bill Act enacted
Abbotsford Property Group Ltd and another v Revenue Scotland
Wealth taxes and fiscal reality