Well what it would mean is that they could then charge out the Inspector etc etc ..as in they are 'staff' and not a 'law firm'..
does anybody have a technical view that allows the Revenue to do this?
mandelbrot - a solicitor working in a company is not providing VATable services to his company so that cannot be quite the answer.
Does anybody know why Revenue Soicitors are able to charge VAT?
Revenue don't have an in-house solicitor. They contract the function out to an external solicitors office (eg Ivor Fitzpatrick & Co is one such firm AFAIK) and that office provides Revenue with this service. The solicitor then charges their customer (ie Revenue) on a per-case basis and therefore has to charge VAT.
I didn't realise that.
Do they use an external solicitor for debt-chasing then?
Gekko - thanks for that. Is this a VATable service?
Many thanks
Counsel used in Court cases would not be a Revenue employee (as all Barristers are self employed) so they would charge VAT.