VAT Zero Rating Allowed for Disability Access Card Hired to Users: Nimbus v HMRC

• The FTT ruled that Nimbus’s provision of the Access Card and electronic entry is a single, indivisible supply aimed at helping disabled persons convey their access needs.
• The predominant element of the supply is the physical Access Card, not the electronic entry or verification process.
• Although ownership of the card remains with Nimbus (no property rights transferred), the supply qualifies as a hire of goods.
• The supply is zero-rated for VAT under VATA 1994, Sch. 8, Group 12, item 2(g), as it is equipment designed solely for use by disabled persons.
• Nimbus’s appeal was allowed, overturning HMRC’s decision.

Source: claritaxnews.com

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