Marks and Spencer Plc v Customs and Excise: CA 14 Dec 1999
The taxpayer discovered that it had over several years made overpayments of VAT on chocolate covered biscuits because of a mistake as to the tax mutual with the defendants. Held: MandS’s challenge to section 80(4) (as infringing EU law) failed, as regards the teacakes claim, because the Becker conditions were not satisfied (Becker v Finanzamt … Continue reading Marks and Spencer Plc v Customs and Excise: CA 14 Dec 1999