- Hotelbeds UK Limited supplies hotel rooms to tour operators and faced issues obtaining VAT invoices from hotels.
- Payments were made via virtual credit cards, complicating the process of obtaining VAT invoices.
- Hotelbeds sought to use HMRC’s discretion to accept alternative evidence for input tax recovery.
- HMRC initially accepted two claims but later rejected others, citing a failure to obtain invoices.
- The High Court ruled in favor of Hotelbeds, emphasizing the importance of tax neutrality and the absence of fraud.
Source: taxscape.deloitte.com
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