- UTT decision allows businesses to recover VAT on costs of share sale in certain circumstances
- HLT sold shares in subsidiary company to fund new hotel development
- HLT sought to recover input VAT on professional services, HMRC denied recovery
- FTT ruled in favor of HLT, allowing recovery of input VAT
- HMRC argued input VAT was attributable to exempt sale of shares, FTT disagreed
- FTT found direct link between professional services and downstream taxable activities
Source: haysmacintyre.com
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