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Sat 09 Sep 2005IFSC companies welcome VAT case adjudicationCompanies operating in Dublin's Irish Financial Services Centre (IFSC) are welcoming a preliminary adjudication in a tax case before the European Court of Justice (ECG).The ruling by the Advocate General in a dispute between Abbey National and the British tax authorities means Ireland is unlikely to be forced to levy VAT on the management of investment funds.