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VAT-ABUSE


Lee Squires and Fiona Bantock (Hogan Lovells) provide your monthly review of the VAT developments that matter.
 
Michael Brady and Shraddha Rajdev (KPMG) argue that the option to tax anti-avoidance rules catch innocent transactions and yet don’t always catch avoidance. Is it time for a rethink?
 
Lee Squires and Fiona Bantock (Hogan Lovells) review the VAT developments that matter, including: retrospective VAT grouping in Copthorn; abuse of rights in WebMindLicenses; vouchers used for business promotion in Associated Newspapers; and responses on the recent penalties consultation. 
 
Amanda Brown (KPMG) examines Hilden Park and the scope of the abuse test following the Upper Tribunal’s judgment.
 
Lee Squires and Fiona Bantock (Hogan Lovells) examine the recent decisions in Volkswagen Financial Services, Hilden Park and Redcats (Brands), and review recent HMRC briefs and consultations.
 

HMRC is considering reforming the rules to counter abuse. A recent update suggests it has some further thinking to do, writes Graham Elliott (Withers)

Lee Squires and Fiona Bantock assess recent developments, including comprehensive summaries of the First-tier Tribunal decisions in Hilden Park, University of Huddersfield and Palatial Leisure, as well as the Upper Tribunal decision in Davis & Dann.

The recent Pendragon case in the Court of Appeal might have cast some much needed clarity on the scope of the EU principle of abuse of rights in the context of VAT, comments Chris Bates. 

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