- Court of Appeal rules that VAT on share sales cannot be recovered if costs are directly linked to the sale
- Hotel La Tour Ltd sought to recover £77,000 of VAT on professional fees related to sale of subsidiary
- HMRC refused recovery of VAT, considering it to be linked to a VAT exempt sale of shares
- First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal initially allowed VAT recovery, but CA overturned rulings
- CA decided that VAT was irrecoverable as it was directly linked to the exempt sale of shares in the subsidiary
Source: trowers.com
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