Ben Rogerson

As part of Vistra's global indirect tax advisory team I advise a wide range of clients operating in a variety of sectors and based in a number of geographical locations on their global indirect tax affairs, for example, VAT, GST, customs duties, etc. I originally trained in law and, prior to joining Vistra in 2022, I had worked as an indirect tax specialist at both BDO and Deloitte in the UK.
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• Advised a clothing manufacturer on their supply chain in the EU and China.
  
  
• Advised a US software developer on the VAT/GST, agent/principal implications of their contracts in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the UK.
  
  
• An ongoing appeal in India against a tax authority challenge to the applicability of export GST zero rating.
  
  
• Seeking a ruling from the Saudi VAT authorities on the applicability of zero rating provisions.
  
  
• A successful appeal against a HMRC input VAT assessment for an intending trader investing in innovative IT.

• Dispute resolution: Dispute resolution, Litigation, Pre-litigation
• Indirect tax: Customs, GST, Supply chains, VAT
• Tax advisory: International tax advisory, Tax consulting, US outbound

• Consumer goods and services
   
• Pharmaceutical and life sciences
   
• Technology and telecommunications

• BA Law & Politics, University of Nottingham, 2003
• Postgraduate Diploma in Law (Bar Vocational Course), Northumbria University, 2004

• Chartered Insitute of Taxation, 2009

• The General Counsel of the Bar (UK, non-practising), 2004