Where an employer pays for an employee to stay in a hotel when away on business any VAT attributable thereto can be recovered (confirmed in VAT notice 700, paragraph 12.1.3).
Is the same true where the employee has booked the hotel and been reimbursed for the cost from the employer (with a valid VAT invoice, but in the name of the employee)?
Replies would be much appreciated; in the interest of transparency, I am not advising a client on this matter merely trying to enhance my (lacking!) knowledge of VAT.
Many thanks in advance.
Ryan