JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA: Single and Multiple Supplies – FTT Decision

• JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA supplied services to JPMorgan Securities plc under intra-group contracts
• The First-tier Tribunal determined that CBNA was providing single supplies of VATable services
• The FTT concluded that all the elements supplied worked together to provide everything SPLC needs for regulatory compliant trading
• It would be artificial to split the different elements of the supply
• The purpose of CBNA making the overall supply was to ensure standardization of trading services between subsidiaries
• The FTT concluded that all the elements formed a single supply
• The FTT could not identify a predominant or principal element
• The supply had to be taxable.

Source: taxscape.deloitte.com

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