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On a sombre Friday morning a week or so ago I found myself in a Whitehall office overlooking Parliament Square, listening to Big Ben’s chimes whilst sitting with a senior civil servant and a repres

A recurring conflict in VAT law arises between the conferring of exemption from VAT on services regarded as being in the public interest - the presumed intention being not to burden such public int

It is usually clear whether a business should register for VAT as soon as it starts trading.

Have you ever watched Deal or No Deal hosted by Noel Edmonds? It is a television game show in which contestants have to guess which boxes contain high-value money prizes.

Several CIOT representatives attended the autumn round of meetings of the Confédération Fiscale Européenne (CFE) in Vienna.

The CIOT submitted a briefing to the Finance Bill committee on clause 9 of the Finance Bill, the legislation to amend the inheritance tax (IHT) regime by creating a residence nil-rate allowance (RN

The DIY builder’s scheme is one of three that allow the refund of VAT incurred on particular types of building work.

The CIOT has commented on two sets of draft regulations recently published by HMRC that amend the descriptions of the arrangements (hallmarks) that have to be notified to HMRC under the DOTAS regim

It has been a busy and exciting time of course for practitioners of late.

On February 25th the highest German tax court, the Bundesfinanzhof (BFH), decided on the VAT implications of an EC chain transaction involving the UK (XI R 30/13).