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Balhousie Holdings Ltd (Appellant) v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (Respondent) (Scotland)
Case summary
Case ID
UKSC/2019/0103
Parties
Appellant(s)
Balhousie Holdings Ltd
Respondent(s)
Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (Scotland)
Issue
Did the sale and leaseback of a care home involve the disposal of the owner’s entire interest, such that it effectively lost the benefit of zero-rating under paragraph 36(2) of Schedule 10 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994?
Facts
In March 2013, Balhousie Care Ltd acquired a care home at Deveron Way, Huntly, Aberdeenshire on a zero-rated basis for VAT purposes. In order to finance the acquisition and further developments, it entered into a sale-and-leaseback arrangement with Target Healthcare REIT. Pursuant to that arrangement, Balhousie Care conveyed the land to Target and Target immediately granted the land on a long lease back to Balhousie.HMRC considered this involved the disposal of Balhousie Care’s entire interest in the care home. It sought to impose a VAT self-supply charge on Balhousie Holdings Ltd (an entity which was part of the same VAT group) under paragraph 36(2) of Schedule 10 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994 and issued a penalty notice. Balhousie Holdings successfully appealed to the First-tier Tribunal but HMRC’s approach was upheld by the Upper Tribunal and Inner House of the Court of Session.
Date of issue
29 April 2019
Judgment appealed
Judgment details
Judgment date
31 March 2021
Neutral citation
[2021] UKSC 11
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Judgment summary
31 March 2021
Appeal
Justices
Hearing dates
Full hearing
Start date
26 January 2021
End date
27 January 2021
Watch hearings
26 January 2021 - Morning session
26 January 2021 - Afternoon session
27 January 2021 - Morning session
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