Totel Ltd v Revenue Customs: VDT 19 May 2006

VDT VALUE ADDED TAX – input tax – suspected carousel or MTIC fraud – input tax repayment withheld pending ECJ judgment in Optigen and others – input tax paid with repayment supplement shortly after release of judgment – whether interest payable in addition – yes – whether rate of interest to be abated because of payment of repayment supplement – no – whether interest at borrower’s or lender’s rate -commercial, borrower’s rate adopted – whether interest to be simple or compounded – compounded – VATA 1994, ss 78, 79, 84, Senior Courts Act 1981, s 35A

Citations:

[2006] UKVAT V19578

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Statutes:

Senior Courts Act 1981 35A, Value Added Taxes Act 1994 78 79 84

Citing:

See AlsoTotel Distribution Ltd v Customs and Excise VDT 24-Feb-2005
VDT VAT – input tax – alleged carousel fraud – Commissioners unable to establish circulation of payment without tribunal inferring that certain payments had been made to particular party in chain of transactions . .

Cited by:

Appeal fromTotel Ltd, Regina (on The Application of) v The First Tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber) and Others Admn 24-Mar-2011
The claimant sought to appeal against refusal of relief from payment of sums assessed by way of penalty, on the basis of hardship. HMRC argued that the right of appeal underthe 2007 Act had been taken away by the 1994 Act. . .
See AlsoTotel Distribution Ltd v Revenue and Customs FTTTx 31-Mar-2011
VAT – MTIC – contra-trading – clean chain broker – knew or should have known? – yes – appeal dismissed. . .
At VDTTotel Ltd, Regina (on The Application of) v The First-Tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber) and Another CA 31-Oct-2012
The appellant had requested a hardship allowance so as not to have to pay claimed VAT before the hearing of an appeal. That was refused, and the claimant now said that the rules restricting an appeal against such a refusal were unlawful.
Held: . .
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