Commissioners of Customs & Excise v Wiggett Construction Ltd

Commissioners of Customs & Excise v Wiggett Construction Ltd - 2001 - Estates Gazette [2001] 22 EG 152 (CS) (18/05/01) .

ChD 18 May 2001. Housebuilding company liable for input tax on purchase of development site - Site bought with initial intention of effecting zero-rated supply of completed development - Company agreeing to sell site - Company making simultaneous contracts with buyer for construction of houses on site - Commissioners claiming that input tax should be wholly attributed to (exempt) sale of site - VAT tribunal accepting company's argument for apportionment - Commissioners' appeal dismissed.


CUSTOMS AND EXCISE COMMISSIONERS V WIGGETT CONSTRUCTION LTD
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