UK Supreme Court Rules Outsourced Loan Servicing Subject to VAT

• The UK Supreme Court has ruled on the VAT treatment of loan administration services.
• In 1997, the Court of Justice of the European Union established that exempt payment services must transfer funds and change the legal and financial position of the parties involved.
• There was uncertainty about whether this applied only to services that directly caused these changes or if it also included services that indirectly caused them.
• The Supreme Court has now ruled that the narrow interpretation, which includes only services that directly cause changes, is correct.
• Target Group provided loan administration services to Shawbrook Bank, but their services did not qualify for exemption.
• Target’s appeal was dismissed.

Source: taxathand.com

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