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Marshmallow VAT Liability: I want some more!

Marshmallow VAT Liability: I want some more!

    My sister-in-law recently told me that she used to use marshmallows as a bribe to persuade her son to tidy his bedroom, with the bigger the mess, the bigger the marshmallow. In today’s brilliantly bonkers tax tribunal case, they did not consider the...
HMRC once again act the bully boy!

HMRC once again act the bully boy!

This is a story about a lovely lady in her late70’s, Cath Rigby, who is a neighbour of mine. Cath, a retired nurse, had never needed to complete a tax return until just over 10 years ago, when she inherited her mum’s house and decided to rent it out to bolster her...
Medical VAT Exemption Rules

Medical VAT Exemption Rules

Whether some procedures purportedly carried out for medical purposes qualify for VAT exemption has always been a grey area. Today I’m looking at a recent VAT tribunal case when Skin Rich Ltd, failed in their attempt to obtain a ruling that Botox and nail fungal...
HMRC opening up a VAT can of mixed supply worms

HMRC opening up a VAT can of mixed supply worms

The phrase ‘opening up a can of worms’ is frequently heard in relation to the wonderful world of tax, and the rules surrounding it.  Unfortunately, opening a can of worms, appears to be exactly what HMRC are planning to do, in their current examination of the rules on...