- The UK First-Tier Tax Tribunal clarified VAT exemption rules for medical service supplies.
- A medical staffing business supplied nurses and care assistants to private hospitals and care homes.
- The business treated staff cost reimbursements as VAT exempt, only charging VAT on commission.
- The Tax Tribunal ruled the supplies were not VAT exempt because the business was not a state regulated institution.
- The taxpayer also failed to prove agency nurses were indispensable and closely related to medical care for VAT exemption.
Source: news.bloombergtax.com
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