Disabled child

Disabled child – how much of a building project to benefit a disabled child could be zero-rated? The solicitor had been engaged to manage a clinical negligence settlement which involved significant property alteration to make the house suitable for the […]

Charity owning significant property

Charity owning significant property portfolio but never registered for VAT – was this the best idea? Advice in relation to costs being incurred on planned property development leading to 4-year back-dated registration securing VAT claims >£100k led also to the […]

Cathedral

Cathedral was planning significant works but needed to quantify VAT cost for HLF bid. Zero rating for charity buildings, disabled relief, business use areas and the special scheme for cathedrals had to be taken into account when quantifying how much […]

Limited Partnership

Limited Partnership unsure of VAT on property and concerned by VAT on unusual transactions. Acting for the solicitors handling surrenders of leases to create a residential development we were able to structure the transactions so that they were incurred by […]

Property company

Property company was trying to register for VAT but HMRC had refused. We found that the company was entitled to register under the intending trader provisions and successfully argued the case with HMRC who allowed a retrospective registration which therefore […]

Property development company

Property development company acquiring development land in a barter arrangement. The land was owned by a working men’s club who agreed to sell provided the developer constructed a new clubhouse for them on another site. As a barter transaction the […]