VAT windfall for animal charities

By Helen Warrell, Third Sector, 27 February 2008

Animal refuge charities will be able to claim back hundreds of thousands of pounds from government after a tribunal ruling that will make the sale of stray dogs and cats exempt from VAT.

Charities do not have to charge VAT when selling donated items. Until now, animals were considered donations only if they were directly handed over by their owners, meaning sales of strays incurred VAT. The case, brought successfully by Plymouth-based Gables Farm Dogs' and Cats' Home, invoked the common-law principle of...

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