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Court of Appeal (E&W): NHS-operated hospital car parking outside VAT scope under VATA 1994 s41A; special legal regime confirmed; HMRC evidence required for significant distortion

Published on: 13 March 2024

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Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust v HMRC [2024] EWCA Civ 177

It was undisputed that the appellant, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, qualified as a public authority for the purposes of section 41A of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 (VATA 1994). The question was whether, in providing car parking facilities, the Trust satisfied the two statutory conditions in VATA 1994, s 41A for treatment as a non-taxable person.

  • The car parking services had to be supplied in the course of activities undertaken by the Trust acting as a public authority; and
  • The supply must not give rise to a significant distortion of competition.

The Court concluded that both requirements were fulfilled. The notion of a “special legal regime” was pertinent to the first condition and stems from Court of Justice of the European Union authority on the application of Article 13 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November...

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