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HMRC v D Bryce (t/a The Barn)

Children's parties at converted barn

In HMRC v D Bryce (t/a The Barn) (UT – 24 January) a woman (B) operated a children’s nursery in a converted barn. She also organised children’s parties in the barn charging £7.95 per child (with a minimum charge of £100 per party). Initially she accounted for VAT on her receipts from these parties. Subsequently she submitted a repayment claim on the basis that she should have treated her supplies as exempt. The Upper Tribunal upheld HMRC’s rejection of the claim. Roth J held that B was making a single supply which failed to qualify for exemption.

Why it matters: The Upper Tribunal has allowed HMRC’s appeal against the First-Tier decision holding that there was a single supply which was not a ‘licence to occupy land’ and failed to qualify for exemption.

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