Q1 2021: Top indirect tax disputes

April 07 2021

The CJEU and domestic courts gave taxpayers plenty to think about in Q1 of 2021

The first quarter of 2021 saw the UK Supreme Court rule against Uber, while the CJEU published a landmark ruling on VAT groupings, and the Indian Supreme Court ruled that software payments are not royalties.

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Alice Jones

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Alice is an editor of commercial content across Euromoney brands including International Tax Review (ITR), Managing IP (MIP), and International Financial Law Review (IFLR). She joined the commercial team in March 2022 after working as a journalist for ITR.

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