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Tax Cases

This case concerned a society which arranged adoptions for girls in orphanages in China with parents in Oxfordshire. The society argued that the supplies should be exempt from...

Tags: Hugh McKay | 05 Jun 2001

The case concerns directors’ entitlement to draw a pension on early retirement. The taxpayer retired as an executive director (and acting managing director) of the company aged 53,...

Tags: Conrad McDonnell | 27 Apr 2001

This was an application for a Judicial Review following the VAT Tribunal’s holding that it could not hear the Appellant’s appeal. It concerned the application of certain guidelines...

Tags: Hugh McKay | 28 Mar 2001

This was a preliminary hearing on a matter raised by the Appellant. It concerned the point when an assessment to VAT is “made” for the purpose of the...

Tags: Hugh McKay | 26 Feb 2001

This was an appeal by a company which described itself as a “print broker” against the Commissioners decision that it made standard-rated supplies of advertising services rather than...

Tags: Hugh McKay | 24 Nov 2000

The Appellant had provided incontinence pads to nursing homes for named residents. The issue was whether the supply of those incontinence pads was zero-rated within the terms of...

Tags: Hugh McKay | 24 Nov 2000

The taxpayer was not resident or ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom from 15 June 1987 to 15 February 1993. He appealed that against an assessment to income...

Tags: Nicola Shaw | 02 Nov 2000

This case concerned which of s.78 VATA 1994 and s.79 VATA 1994 (interest or repayment supplement) applied in cases of sums not paid to taxpayers as a result...

Tags: Hugh McKay | 20 Oct 2000

The group relief rules contain special provisions for computing the amount of relief which can be surrendered by one member of the group to another. This case is...

Tags: David Goldberg KC | 27 Sep 2000

Medivac is a company which manufactures goods specially designed for asthmatics and people suffering from acute rhinitis and eczema. In particular it manufactures a vacuum cleaner which uses...

Tags: Hugh McKay | 08 Sep 2000

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