- Sonder Europe Limited leased apartments for short-term accommodation
- First-tier Tribunal ruled that Sonder’s services were subject to VAT under TOMS
- Upper Tribunal upheld HMRC’s appeal, stating that TOMS did not apply
- EU Principal VAT Directive and Value Added Tax (Tour Operators) Order 1987 requirements for TOMS to apply
- UT found FTT error in not considering services bought by Sonder for direct benefit of travellers
- UT determined that services supplied by Sonder were not for direct benefit of customers
- Sonder’s services were not considered onward supplies under TOMS, but ‘in-house’ services
Source: taxscape.deloitte.com
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