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CHARITABLE-PURPOSE-TEST


The Upper Tribunal resists HMRC’s preferred test as to what constitutes a business activity for VAT purposes, writes Peter Jenkins (Peter Jenkins Associates)

Peter Jenkins (Peter Jenkins Associates) examines the Capernwray case, in which the FTT decided that the construction of a community hall for a charity was not zero rated under the relevant residential and relevant charitable purpose tests.

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