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Martin Scammell

Position: Consultant

Martin specialises in VAT, with a particular emphasis on real estate and capital projects. He advises clients across a range of business sectors, including a number in the FTSE 100. He also works extensively with universities across the UK.

Martin is the author of the leading reference work on VAT and property, and a regular speaker at conferences. He is a member of the British Property Federation’s VAT Committee and of HMRC’s VAT Land and Property Liaison Group. Martin retains a close involvement with the evolution of VAT law and policy and has been responsible for a number of legislative developments, extra-statutory concessions and changes of official interpretation. Prior to becoming a consultant with Winckworth Sherwood he was a policymaker in Customs & Excise, a partner at Ernst & Young and head of the indirect tax team at Eversheds.

Recent experience

  • A £1bn mixed use development including affordable housing, retail, leisure and community facilities
  • Acting for universities on a range of property acquisitions and construction projects including for teaching, student accommodation, laboratories, conferencing and student union use
  • Detailed negotiation of the VAT terms of a number of regeneration projects for leading house builders
  • Structuring a public sector joint venture to maximise VAT recovery on capital costs and minimise VAT leakage on cross-charges
  • Advising a major car manufacturer on its new UK headquarters
  • Assisting one of the ‘big four’ worldwide advertising groups with a range of property issues
  • Advising a financial services provider on a restructuring of UK property holdings
  • A £70m joint venture development in the leisure sector
  • Successful lobbying of HMRC on behalf of the university sector, to reverse a policy change

Work history

2009 to date, Consultant, Winckworth Sherwood (amongst other roles)
2007 to 2009, Head of Indirect Tax, Eversheds LLP
1986 to 2006, (Partner 1996 to 2006), Ernst & Young (previously Arthur Young)
1980 to 1986, HM Customs & Excise Policy

Publications

  • VAT on Construction, Land and Property (looseleaf, published by Bloomsbury Professional)
  • The VAT content of Tolley's Property Taxation (annual, published by LexisNexis)
  • The UK chapter of Immovable Property Under VAT (published by Wolters Kluwer)
  • Two chapters in VAT Issues and Solutions (published by Bloomsbury Professional)
  • Online Practice Notes published by PLC Tax
  • Numerous articles


Contact details

Tel.       +44 (0)20 7593 5146

Fax.      +44 (0)20 7593 5099

Email.   mscammell@wslaw.co.uk

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