VAT Update Conference: 9.45 - 1.00 pm, 10 July

This half day online conference will be streamed live, direct to your desktop, tablet or phone, wherever you are. The price is  £210 + VAT. You can watch the conference live or recorded to watch whenever you want. In each case you will receive a recording of the complete conference after the event.

Please note: this is a per organisation price, so up to 20 of your colleagues can participate at no extra charge, even if they are viewing it from a different location

Who is The Legal Training Consultancy?

The Legal Training Consultancy is a full-service training consultancy with a large portfolio of in-house courses and trainers. You can find out more here: www.legaltrainingconsultancy.co.uk. We have been responsible for putting together a vast number of law and tax related conferences, webinars, seminars, videos and e-learning modules. Altogether more than 1900.

On the tax front we have put together face to face conferences on a wide range of tax topics, including IHT, CGT, VAT, Property Taxation, Tax and Corporate Reconstructions, Tax Aspects of Mergers, Offshore Tax, Tax and Trusts, Tax and Share Capital.

Who Will the Conference Appeal To and What Will it Cover?

This half day online conference is designed to appeal to solicitors, accountants, tax advisers and other professionals who need to keep up to date with the latest developments in VAT.

It will cover a wide range of topical issues, ranging from a critical analysis of some recent decisions from the FTT and UT concerning VAT rates to double jeopardy in tax fraud cases: civil claims by liquidators in parallel to HMRC   It will be delivered by a panel of top experts in this difficult area of work, including 4 QCs

The Speakers

Roderick Cordara QC, Essex Court Chambers
David Scorey QC, Essex Court Chambers
Owain Thomas QC, 1 Crown Office Row
Anne Fairpo, Temple Tax Chambers
Max Schofield, 3 Paper Buildings
Simone Hurst, VATease

Subjects to be Covered

Recent case law on reduced rates and exemptions. (i)
VAT and judicial review: Jurisdiction, principles and remedies
VAT and Brexit
VAT Fraud (iii)
Input Tax Conundrums; issues you may not have thought of when claiming input tax.(ii)
Intellectual property VAT (iv)

Some More Details

(i)- Premier Family Martial Arts [2020] and the private tuition exemption
- Corte Diletto [2020] and why vegan truffles were not sweetened
- Action Day Planners [2020] and the value of books
- News Corp [2019] and always speaking with the EU

(ii)The invalid invoice procedure
A little bit on employee expenses (apportionment between business and private)
The important paragraph to remember regarding recovery of VAT on hospitality
Is the supply made to you?

(iii)Shift from ‘white goods’ and grey markets;
Infiltration into mainstream commodity markets: Vale, RBS, Tower Bridge;
Fine-tuning Fairford directions;
Double jeopardy: civil claims by liquidators in parallel to HMRC: RBS; Citibank;
Dishonesty assistance and s.213 Insolvency Act.’

(iv)VAT on IP transactions: licences, assignments, litigation
UK
Cross-border
Consumer IP-related transactions
VAT on imports for R&D and similar projects

An Online Conference?

We trialled the format at three full-day online conferences in April to reassure ourselves that, as a concept, it worked, and sitting in front of a screen for much of the day was not too big an ask for delegates. All of them worked wonderfully well and were as far removed from the boring and dull old one-hour webinar as it was possible to be. Comments we have received so far include:

" May I congratulate your imaginative programme and expert speakers, as well as the initiative itself. Superb. Thanks very much"

"Thanks to organisers and presenters. A new type of conference for me and very informative and enjoyable."

"Thanks for organising. Love the format, all the info and updates without the time or expense of travelling"

"Thank you to everyone involved. Very well organised, delivered and informative."

"My unvoiced fear that it would be as dull as webinars used to be when I was in practice was banished fairly quickly"