VAT for Property Lawyers - No Tax ‘Jargon’ with Peta Dollar

Introduction

This webinar will provide delegates with an outline of VAT on property transactions, with an emphasis on recent changes.

Presented by an experienced lawyer with more than 25 years' experience in property transactions, giving practical examples, and with no tax 'jargon', this webinar will clarify the mysteries of VAT.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• How does VAT work - registration, inputs and outputs, taxable supplies, exempt supplies and transactions outside the scope of VAT
• Exempt, standard-rated and zero-rated property transactions
• Reverse premiums on lease grant, lease assignment and lease surrender
• Making the option to tax
• TOGCs
• Disbursements and VAT
• Electronic property searches - the current position following Brabners, Prosser and the latest Law Society guidance
• The recent change relating to postal searches
• Options and the Landlinx case
• The latest guidance on VAT and lease variations

This webinar was recorded on 9th February 2021