Tower Bridge GP Ltd v Revenue and Customs: CA 18 Jul 2022

Whether a taxable person (in this case Tower Bridge GP Ltd) is entitled to exercise a right to deduct input tax despite the fact that it held (and holds) no valid VAT invoice in respect of the supply in relation to which it claims to make the deduction. It says that it is entitled to make the deduction either as of right; or because HMRC unlawfully exercised their discretion to refuse to allow the deduction to be made.

Judges:

Lord Justice Lewison

Lord Justice Snowden
And

Sir Launcelot Henderson

Citations:

[2022] EWCA Civ 998

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

VAT

Updated: 01 August 2022; Ref: scu.679583