High Court upholds the Tax Appeals Commissioner's decision that a provision of a relevant statute should be disapplied, affirming the taxpayer's right to deduct VAT without facing a retrospective "cancellation payment." The court found that the provisions conflicted with EU law, particularly the principles of fiscal neutrality and the right to deduct VAT, and that the taxpayer's deductions made during the option to tax were lawfully claimed and could not be clawed back upon the sale of the property.
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