On 28 October 2010 the European Court (ECJ) issued its preliminary ruling on the reference made by the Court of Appeal in AXA (C-175/09). In an outcome reminiscent of the ruling in Case C-452/03 RAL [2005] STC 1025 the ECJ determined the reference on a basis which had not even arisen in the judgments of the domestic courts.
The case serves as a reminder of the significant difference in approach which can arise between the domestic courts and the ECJ and the concomitant litigation risk on a reference to the ECJ while also raising interesting questions as to which services previously assumed by both HMRC and taxpayer to be exempt are now to be regarded as falling within the net of taxable ‘debt collection’ services.
The services
Denplan a subsidiary of AXA operated a...
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On 28 October 2010 the European Court (ECJ) issued its preliminary ruling on the reference made by the Court of Appeal in AXA (C-175/09). In an outcome reminiscent of the ruling in Case C-452/03 RAL [2005] STC 1025 the ECJ determined the reference on a basis which had not even arisen in the judgments of the domestic courts.
The case serves as a reminder of the significant difference in approach which can arise between the domestic courts and the ECJ and the concomitant litigation risk on a reference to the ECJ while also raising interesting questions as to which services previously assumed by both HMRC and taxpayer to be exempt are now to be regarded as falling within the net of taxable ‘debt collection’ services.
The services
Denplan a subsidiary of AXA operated a...
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