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Virtual Reality or Virtually Dead?

Omleen Ajimal, a tax associate at Lovells, which developed the concept of the 'virtual assignment', considers the recent Court of Appeal decision in the Abbey National case

 
Omleen Ajimal a tax associate at Lovells which developed the concept of the 'virtual assignment' considers the recent Court of Appeal decision in the Abbey National case
 
The Court of Appeal has recently decided the VAT treatment of 'virtual assignments' in the case of Abbey National plc v HMRC.1 In this article we consider the concept of the virtual assignment and outline its VAT history and current treatment. We then consider whether the current treatment means that the virtual assignment concept is from a VAT perspective now problematic and potentially costly. Is the virtual assignment now dead? The answer is: no ...

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