- Court of Appeal dismissed Hippodrome Casino Ltd appeal against HMRC regarding VAT recovery calculation methods
- Company wanted to use special floorspace method instead of standard method for calculating recoverable residual input tax
- Upper Tribunal correctly found First Tier Tribunal made material error by not properly addressing dual use of floorspace argument
- Court confirmed Upper Tribunal was right to focus on problems with proposed special method rather than starting with standard method assessment
- Standard method remains applicable as proposed floorspace method was deemed critically flawed and less precise
Source: claritaxnews.com
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