VAT NEWS: Charity victorious in VAT-free condoms case. By Dan Martin

Condoms supplied to charities in the healthcare sector should not be liable to VAT, the VAT & duties tribunal has ruled.

The tribunal made the decision in a case advanced by tax advisers Chiltern on behalf of West Sussex-based Pasante Healthcare. The case dealt with HMRC's insistence that despite a relief which allows charities to purchase certain medical products free of VAT, they still must pay the levy when purchasing condoms.

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