A little-known HMRC position could have wide-ranging VAT consequences for offshore construction companies
KEY POINTS
- The reverse charge procedure applies where construction services are supplied from offshore to a VAT registered customer in the UK.
- HMRC registered the offshore company and then they later retrospectively withdrew the registration.
- The First-tier Tribunal ruled Amberley should be treated as not having made the supply and Muster Inns as having made the supply to itself.
- HMRC won the case despite in theory there being no loss of VAT to them.
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