Les Howard

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Hi, I am a VAT Consultant, part of the team at vatadvice.org We are based in Cambridgeshire. We work largely with charities but also advise a range of commercial organisations.
I have over 30 years experience in VAT, and am currently also a part-time member of the Tax Tribunals.
VAT Consultant vatadvice.org
13th Jan 2021
VAT Regulation 29 empowers HMRC to allow an input tax claim where the recipient of the supply does not hold a valid VAT invoice. This is...
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29th Dec 2020
I had cause to look at the DPAS series of VAT litigation (exemption of certain financial services). At the original First Tier Hearing...
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21st Dec 2020
The First Tier Tribunal recently heard an appeal in University of Southampton Students’ Union (USSU). This concerned whether the sale of...
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18th Dec 2020
The High Court has thrown out the case of Jersey Choice Ltd . The company sold horticultural products from the Channel Islands into the UK...
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17th Dec 2020
There has been some comment about proposed changes to the Place of Supply rules for certain services supplied from UK businesses to private...
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14th Dec 2020
Just as we reached the end of the direct application of VATMOSS in the UK, the first Tax Tribunal decision was released which addresses the...
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4th Dec 2020
HMRC have released Brief 18/2020, clarifying their position on the VAT liability of activity holidays. ( Revenue and Customs Brief 18 (2020...
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30th Nov 2020
The Upper Tier disposed of this decision very rapidly. The First Tier had found for the taxpayer, that the supply of health drinks, sold as...
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19th Nov 2020
This is beginning to annoy me! Not only have HMRC rejected a higher proportion DIY claims during the past three years, but they have...
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9th Nov 2020
The Greenspace (UK) Ltd decision follows two Upper Tier decisions which addressed similar products. HMRC had previously been successful in...
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