CCML’s VAT Exemption: FTT Finds HMRC’s Decision Unlawful

• CCML manages Chelsea Cloisters, a London property with 656 apartments.
• Realreed Limited owns the property.
• CCML did not register for VAT, claiming exemption under HMRC’s extra-statutory concession 3.18.
• HMRC registered CCML for VAT, claiming it provided standard-rated management services.
• The FTT lacked jurisdiction to apply extra-statutory concessions.
• The FTT would have found that CCML provided management services directly to leaseholders and that service charges were exempt.
• The FTT would have ruled HMRC’s decisions unlawful.
• The FTT concluded that CCML could have relied on EU law principles, leading to the same outcome.

Source: taxscape.deloitte.com

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