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Provided by Max Schofield
Max Schofield is a tax barrister specialising in VAT. He has been instructed to advise and litigate a broad range of indirect tax cases concerning VAT, SDLT, Customs and Excise Duties. He has a busy practice far beyond his call and has represented clients in the Tribunals, High Court, and Court of Justice of the European Union.
Max’s clients have included numerous platforms, apps, television channels, food and drink manufacturers, online casinos, and universities, having been instructed on cases concerning:
· Judicial review and legitimate expectation
· The tax and reporting obligations of online platforms
· VAT penalties
· HMRC’s information powers
· Input VAT recovery
· The VAT treatment of various food and drink products
· Remote Gaming Duty
· Francovich claims
· The taxation of damages
· Multiple Dwellings Relief
· Agency
· Insolvency and winding up petitions
· Unjust enrichment
In addition to indirect tax disputes, Max utilises his tax expertise to advise on professional negligence cases concerning accountants, solicitors, and tax advisors.
Max is a co-editor of the Wolters Kluwer publication ‘A Handbook of EU VAT Legislation’ which offers biannual updates on VAT legislation and caselaw.
Call year: 2016.
Revenue Bar Association
Attorney General’s London C Panel of Junior Counsel
In addition to editing the Wolters Kluwer publication ‘A Handbook of EU VAT Legislation’, Max regularly authors articles on a wide array of legal topics.
Provided by Chambers
Max Schofield has written extensively on VAT tax issues and frequently advises and litigates cases concerning not only VAT but other indirect taxes such as SDLT, Excise Duties and Remote Gaming Duty.
Provided by Chambers
Max is very user-friendly and highly knowledgeable when it comes to all things tax-related.
He's been on some chunky pieces of work and has amply demonstrated that he has all the skills required to handle them.
Max is very user-friendly and highly knowledgeable when it comes to all things tax-related.
He's been on some chunky pieces of work and has amply demonstrated that he has all the skills required to handle them.
