UK: Littlewoods opinion not the end of the road for compound interest debates

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UK: Littlewoods opinion not the end of the road for compound interest debates

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On January 12 2012, Advocate General Trestenjak’s Opinion in Case C-591/10 Littlewoods Retail Ltd and Others was published. This represents the next phase in the VAT compound interest journey. Should the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) to follow the Advocate General’s Opinion in its judgment, it is very unlikely that this trip to Luxembourg will be the end of the road, argue Michael Anderson and Robert Waterson of Dorsey & Whitney.

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