| About the author |
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| Acknowledgements |
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| Contents |
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5 | (58) |
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5 | (2) |
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7 | (1) |
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2.2 Money and money-related services |
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2.2.2 The transfer of money |
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2.2.3 A security for money |
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9 | (1) |
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9 | (1) |
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2.2.6 Automated teller machines (ATMs) |
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10 | (1) |
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2.2.7 Current, deposit and savings accounts |
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11 | (1) |
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2.2.8 Dishonoured cheques or direct debit payments |
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11 | (1) |
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2.2.10 Travellers' cheques |
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11 | (1) |
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2.2.11 Deductions from pay |
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12 | (1) |
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2.2.12 Clearing and settlement services |
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12 | (1) |
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12 | (4) |
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12 | (1) |
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13 | (1) |
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13 | (1) |
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2.3.4 Share registrar services |
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13 | (1) |
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14 | (1) |
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2.3.6 Dealer Systems and Data Services |
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15 | (1) |
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2.3.7 Specialist services |
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15 | (1) |
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2.4 Investment funds and wrappers |
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16 | (7) |
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2.4.1 Management of special investment funds |
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17 | (1) |
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2.4.2 Closed-ended collective investment undertakings |
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18 | (1) |
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19 | (2) |
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2.4.4 AUTIF administrative agreement |
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21 | (1) |
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21 | (2) |
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23 | (5) |
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2.5.1 Commodity futures, options and other derivatives |
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23 | (2) |
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25 | (1) |
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2.5.3 Financial futures - exchange trading |
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25 | (1) |
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26 | (1) |
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2.5.5 Other types of trade: trading by locals |
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26 | (1) |
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2.5.6 Other types of trade: trading over-the-counter |
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27 | (1) |
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2.5.7 Other types of trade: trading on non-UK exchanges |
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2.5.8 Interest rate swaps |
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27 | (1) |
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2.5.10 Financial Spread Betting (FSB) |
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28 | (1) |
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2.5.11 Contracts for Differences (CFDs) |
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28 | (1) |
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2.6 Intermediary services |
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28 | (12) |
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30 | (1) |
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31 | (1) |
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31 | (2) |
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2.6.4 Financial investigations |
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33 | (1) |
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2.6.5 Independent Financial Advisers (IFAs) |
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33 | (5) |
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2.6.6 Affinity card arrangements |
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38 | (1) |
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2.6.7 Credit and Debit card handling services |
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39 | (1) |
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2.6.8 Individual voluntary arrangements and Company voluntary arrangements |
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40 | (1) |
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40 | (1) |
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2.7 Supplies relating to the provision of credit |
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40 | (8) |
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2.7.1 Credit, debit and charge cards |
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42 | (1) |
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2.7.2 The provision of outsourced services to a loan provider |
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43 | (1) |
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2.7.3 Deferred payments and discounts |
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43 | (1) |
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2.7.4 Penalties for late payments |
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44 | (1) |
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2.7.5 Hire-purchase, conditional sale and credit sale agreements |
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44 | (4) |
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48 | (1) |
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2.8 Debts and related services |
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48 | (3) |
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48 | (1) |
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2.8.2 Factoring and invoice discounting |
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48 | (1) |
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49 | (1) |
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50 | (1) |
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2.8.5 Insolvency practitioner services |
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51 | (1) |
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51 | (5) |
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2.9.1 Price plus `profit' products |
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51 | (2) |
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2.9.2 Lease and lease plus purchase |
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53 | (1) |
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2.9.3 Shared ownership (diminishing Musharaka) |
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54 | (1) |
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55 | (1) |
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2.9.5 Sharia'a compliant current and savings accounts |
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56 | (1) |
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2.9.6 Intermediary services |
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56 | (1) |
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2.10 Standard rated services |
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56 | (3) |
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2.10.1 Discretionary investment management and `portfolio management' |
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57 | (1) |
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2.10.2 Deutsche Bank AG v Finanzamt Frankfurt am Main v Hochst (Case C-44/11) [ 2012] STC 1951 |
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57 | (2) |
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2.10.3 Discretionary Investment Management and IFAs |
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59 | (1) |
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59 | (4) |
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2.11.1 Definition of investment gold |
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59 | (1) |
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59 | (1) |
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60 | (1) |
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60 | (1) |
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2.11.5 General record keeping requirements |
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61 | (2) |
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63 | (34) |
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63 | (6) |
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63 | (1) |
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64 | (3) |
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67 | (1) |
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3.1.4 Consideration and Time of supply |
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68 | (1) |
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3.1.5 Recovery of input tax |
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69 | (1) |
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3.2 General (non-life) insurance |
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69 | (6) |
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3.2.1 Insurance linked to the export of goods |
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70 | (1) |
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3.2.2 Marine aviation and transport (MAT) insurance |
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70 | (2) |
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3.2.3 Protection and Indemnity (P. & I) Clubs |
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72 | (1) |
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3.2.4 Engineering inspection services |
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73 | (1) |
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74 | (1) |
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75 | (2) |
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3.3.1 Sale of part-paid endowment policies |
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76 | (1) |
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3.3.2 Broker managed funds offered by life assurance companies |
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76 | (1) |
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77 | (1) |
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3.4.1 Medical and welfare funds |
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77 | (1) |
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3.5 Insurance intermediary services |
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77 | (6) |
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78 | (1) |
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3.5.3 Services not regarded as those of an insurance intermediary |
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80 | (1) |
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3.5.4 Staatssecretaris van Financien v Arthur Andersen & Co Accountants cs (ECJ Case C-472/03) [ 2005] STC 508 (see also 2.10) |
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81 | (1) |
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3.5.5 Web-based intermediaries |
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82 | (1) |
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83 | (3) |
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84 | (1) |
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85 | (1) |
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3.6.3 Members' Agents and Lloyd's advisers |
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85 | (1) |
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3.6.4 Corporate members and Scottish limited partnerships |
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3.6.5 Lloyd's entrance fees or subscriptions |
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85 | (1) |
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86 | (1) |
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86 | (3) |
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87 | (1) |
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3.7.2 Costs on individual claims |
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87 | (1) |
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3.7.3 Loss adjusters and loss assessors |
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87 | (1) |
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3.7.4 Supply of surrendered goods following an insurance claim |
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88 | (1) |
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3.7.5 Replacement goods and services |
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89 | (1) |
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3.8 Insurers in `run off' |
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89 | (1) |
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3.8.1 Partial exemption for insurers in run off |
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89 | (1) |
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3.8.2 Administration of run off |
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90 | (1) |
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3.9 Other types of insurance |
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3.9.1 Guarantees and Warranties |
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90 | (1) |
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91 | (1) |
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91 | (1) |
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3.9.4 Insurance supplied with other goods or services |
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92 | (1) |
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3.10 Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) |
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93 | (4) |
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93 | (1) |
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93 | (1) |
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94 | (1) |
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3.10.5 Overseas premium taxes |
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94 | (1) |
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3.10.6 IPT and partial exemption |
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94 | (3) |
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97 | (18) |
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97 | (1) |
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4.2 Sparekassernes Datacenter (SDC) v Skatteministeriet (Case C-2/95) [ 1997] STC 932 |
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98 | (3) |
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4.3 C&E Commrs v Civil Service Motoring Association [ 1998] STC 111 |
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101 | (1) |
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4.4 C&E Commrs v CSC Financial Services Limited (formerly Continuum (Europe) Limited) (Case C-235/00) [ 2002] STC 57 |
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102 | (1) |
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4.5 C & E Commrs v FDR Ltd [ 2000] STC 672 |
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103 | (1) |
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4.6 C & E Commrs v Electronic Data Systems Ltd [ 2003] STC 688 |
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104 | (1) |
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4.7 Century Life plc v C&E Commrs [ 2000] STC 276 |
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104 | (2) |
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4.8 Forsakringsaktiebolaget Skandia (Case C -- 240/99) STC 754 |
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106 | (2) |
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4.9 C & V (Advice Line) Services Ltd v C & E Comrs (2001) (17310) |
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108 | (2) |
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4.10 Staatssecretaris van Financien v Arthur Andersen & Co Accountants cs (Case C-472/03) [ 2005] STC 508 |
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110 | (2) |
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4.11 JCM Beheer BV v Staatssecretaris van Financien (Case C-124/07) [ 2008] STC 3360 |
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112 | (3) |
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5 VAT Cost Sharing Exemption |
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115 | (2) |
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115 | (1) |
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5.2 Who could be affected by the cost sharing exemption? |
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116 | (1) |
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5.3 What supplies are covered by the exemption? |
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116 | (1) |
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5.4 Supplies made to a CSG |
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116 | (1) |
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5.5 Existing arrangements |
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116 | (1) |
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116 | (1) |
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6 Input Tax and VAT Recovery |
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117 | (26) |
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117 | (1) |
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6.2 Definition of input tax |
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117 | (1) |
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6.3 Who can recover input tax |
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117 | (1) |
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118 | (3) |
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6.4.1 Business entertainment |
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118 | (1) |
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119 | (2) |
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6.5 Purchases from overseas suppliers |
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121 | (1) |
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121 | (14) |
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122 | (1) |
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123 | (1) |
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6.6.5 Outside the scope supplies |
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124 | (1) |
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125 | (1) |
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6.6.7 Standard method override |
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126 | (1) |
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127 | (4) |
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131 | (1) |
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6.6.10 Change in use adjustments |
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132 | (2) |
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134 | (1) |
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135 | (5) |
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6.7.1 Definition of capital expenditure |
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6.7.2 The adjustment period |
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136 | (1) |
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137 | (1) |
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138 | (1) |
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6.7.5 Disposals during the adjustment period |
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138 | (1) |
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139 | (1) |
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6.8 Recovery of VAT incurred elsewhere in the EU |
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140 | (3) |
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6.8.1 The Refund Scheme - general rules |
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140 | (1) |
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141 | (1) |
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141 | (1) |
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6.8.4 Partly Exempt applicants |
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141 | (1) |
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7 Legislation, Case Law and Appeals |
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143 | (4) |
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143 | (1) |
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7.3 Primacy of EU Directives over national legislation |
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143 | (1) |
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144 | (1) |
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145 | (1) |
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7.6 Legislation relevant to the financial services and insurance sectors |
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145 | (2) |
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7.6.1 Directive 2006/112/EC |
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8 VAT Supply and Liabilities |
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147 | (18) |
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147 | (1) |
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148 | (1) |
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149 | (1) |
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8.4 Supply of neither goods nor services |
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149 | (2) |
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8.4.1 The transfer of a business as a going concern |
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150 | (1) |
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151 | (5) |
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8.5.1 Place of supply of goods |
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151 | (2) |
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8.5.2 Place of supply of services |
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153 | (2) |
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8.5.3 Place of belonging and establishment |
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155 | (1) |
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156 | (5) |
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8.6.1 Time of supply of goods |
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157 | (1) |
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8.6.2 Time of supply of services |
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157 | (1) |
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8.6.3 Time of supply for continuous supplies of services |
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157 | (1) |
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8.6.4 Time of supply for exempt supplies |
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158 | (1) |
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8.6.5 Single and multiple supplies |
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158 | (3) |
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161 | (1) |
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161 | (1) |
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8.9 Outside the scope supplies |
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161 | (1) |
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162 | (3) |
| Appendix A Contracts of Insurance |
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165 | (6) |
| Appendix B Lloyd's VAT Arrangements |
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171 | (16) |
| Appendix C Extract from `HMRC ABI Partial Exemption Guidance for the Insurance Sector' |
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187 | (26) |
| Appendix D Transfers of Business as a Going Concern -- Legal Extracts |
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213 | (4) |
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Value Added Tax (Special Provisions) Order 1995 (SI 1995/1268) |
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213 | (1) |
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214 | (3) |
| Appendix E Guidance on the Cost Sharing Exemption - From 17 Jul 2012 |
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217 | (22) |
| Appendix F EU Member States |
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239 | (2) |
| Appendix G Summary of Car Benefit Percentages Based on CO2 Emissions |
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241 | (2) |
| Appendix H Terminal Markets Listed in VAT (Terminal Markets) Order 1973 (As Amended) |
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243 | (2) |
| Index |
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