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Exemption ― sport and physical recreation

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Value Added Tax
Guidance

Exemption ― sport and physical recreation

Produced by a Tolley Value Added Tax expert
Value Added Tax
Guidance
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This guidance note provides an overview of the main VAT rules relating to supplies of sport and physical recreation.

What does the VAT exemption include?

The VAT exemption covers:

  1. •

    the provision of sport and physical recreation by an eligible body

  2. •

    entry to eligible sport and physical recreation competitions (see the Exemption ― sport ― VAT treatment of various sporting services guidance note)

What is an eligible body?

An eligible body is an organisation that meets all of the following criteria:

  1. •

    it is a non-profit making organisation

  2. •

    the organisation’s constitution includes a non-distribution clause or limits the distribution of any profits / reserves to:

    1. â—¦

      another non-profit making club

    2. â—¦

      its members if the organisation is either wound up or dissolved

  1. •

    the organisation uses all profits / surpluses from its playing activities to maintain or improve the related facilities or for the overall activities of the non-profit making organisation

  2. •

    the organisation is not subject to any commercial influences or part of a wider commercial

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