VAT Recovery on Sale of Subsidiary Shares: HMRC Appeal Dismissed by Upper Tier Tribunal

• UTT decision allows businesses to recover VAT on costs of share sale in certain circumstances
• HLT sold shares in subsidiary company to fund new hotel development
• HLT sought to recover input VAT on professional services, HMRC denied recovery
• FTT ruled in favor of HLT, allowing recovery of input VAT
• HMRC argued input VAT was attributable to exempt sale of shares, FTT disagreed
• FTT found direct link between professional services and downstream taxable activities

Source: haysmacintyre.com

Note that this post was (partially) written with the help of AI. It is always useful to review the original source material, and where needed to obtain (local) advice from a specialist.

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