- Hastings Insurance Services Limited provided insurance broking services to Advantage Insurance Company Limited, a Gibraltar insurer.
- The First Tier Tribunal ruled in favor of Hastings.
- The Tribunal found that the 2019 amendment to the Value Added Tax (Input Tax) (Specified Supplies) Order 1999 was incompatible with the EU Principal VAT Directive.
- The Tribunal held that “customer” in Article 169(c) refers to Hastings’ customer, Advantage, not the UK policyholder.
- The Tribunal found that Article 169(c) has direct effect and can be relied on for the pre-Brexit period.
- The Tribunal held that Article 169(c) continues to have direct effect in UK law for the post-Brexit period.
Source: taxscape.deloitte.com
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