VAT and Property

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Text Box: VAT and Property
John Davison, BSc DMS LLDip ACCA CTA.
Partner, Grant Thornton
Publication date: July 2008
Price: £49.95/€75.00/$99.95
ISBN: 978 1904905 60 8

This book offers clear and practical guidance on the application of VAT to property transactions providing assistance to individuals, property businesses and professionals.

It covers guidance on VAT and property issues including:

	Introduction to VAT concepts: VAT terminology, Legislation, Definitions.
	Land Transactions
	Residential property: New build, Extension and refurbishment, Renovations and alterations, Conversions, Facilities for the disabled, Transactions between landlord and tenant, DIY house builders, Caravans and houseboats, Listed/protected buildings.
	Residential and charitable use buildings, Housing Associations, Cultural bodies
	Commercial property: Construction industry, the election to waive exemption, Supplies not affected, Making an election, Revoking an election, Input tax claims, Avoidance rules, Premiums, surrenders and inducements, Specialist services, Transfer of a business as a going concern
	Anti-avoidance legislation
	Guarantees, Partial exemption, Input tax recovery, the capital items scheme.

Author: John Davison is a GST partner at Grant Thornton in Sydney, Australia. He is a member of the Australian Institute of Taxation, the Institute of Indirect Tax, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation. He is a frequent writer in tax journals including CCH’s VAT and Property Digest, Tottel’s Residential Property Digest) and is an assistant editor of De Voil’s Indirect Tax Intelligence. John is a well known speaker at tax conferences, having spoken at the Tolley’s VAT and Property conference for several years, as well as various tax and law Institute branch meetings in the UK, Hong Kong and Australia. John was also an examiner for many years for several tax and accounting bodies. Prior to moving to Australia, in 2005, John an indirect tax partner in a leading mid-tier firm in the UK. He has spent over 25 years in VAT and GST, in the profession, commerce and HM Revenue & Customs.

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