The taxpayer company had imported bicycles from Vietnam, relying upon certificates of origin which would give them exemption from VAT. After clearance, it was discovered that the certificates had been obtained by fraud. The regulations exempted only where the certificates had been wrongly obtained by accident. Though the taxpayer was not party to the fraud, he could not rely upon the exporter’s fraud to maintain the exemption certificate.
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Times 11-Oct-2000
VAT
Updated: 15 May 2022; Ref: scu.79381