List of VAT appeals updates
Updated 30 August 2024
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The list was last updated on 30 August 2024.
Bolt Services UK Ltd
Neutral citation: [2023] UKFTT 1043 (TC)
Appeal reference: TC/2023/01186
First-tier Tribunal decision: Appeal allowed.
Date of decision: 15 December 2023
Current status: HMRC granted permission to appeal by the First-tier Tribunal. Listed for hearing at the Upper Tribunal 26 to 28 November 2024.
Colchester Institute Corporation (No.2)
Neutral citation: [2024] UKFTT 00191 (TC)
Appeal reference: TC/2017/06559
First-tier Tribunal decision: Appeal allowed.
Date of decision: 4 March 2024
Current status: HMRC granted permission to appeal to the Upper Tribunal.
Elphysic Ltd and others
Neutral citation: [2024] UKFTT 291 (TC)
Appeal references: TC/2022/12879,TC/2022/12880, TC/2022/00735,TC/2022/01302, TC/2022/12881
First-tier Tribunal decision: Appeal allowed in part.
Date of decision: 27 March 2024
Current status: Both parties granted permission to appeal to the Upper Tribunal.
Hippodrome Casino Ltd
Neutral citation: [2024] UKUT 27 (TCC)
Appeal reference: UT/2022/000081
Upper Tribunal decision: The Upper Tribunal allowed HMRC’s appeal.
Date of decision: 29 January 2024
Current status: Hippodrome granted permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal.
Hotel La Tour Ltd
Neutral citation: [2024] EWCA Civ 564
Appeal reference: CA -2023-001883
Court of Appeal decision: The Court of Appeal allowed HMRC’s appeal.
Date of decision: 21 May 2024
Current status: To be confirmed.
Innovative Bites Ltd
Neutral citation: [2024] UKFTT 95 (TCC)
Appeal reference: UT/2023/000007
Upper Tribunal decision: The Upper Tribunal dismissed HMRC’s appeal.
Date of decision: 4 April 2024
Current status: HMRC granted permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal.
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Neutral citation: [2024] EWCA Civ 177
Appeal reference: CA-2022-002498
Court of Appeal decision: The Court of Appeal allowed the Trust’s appeal.
Date of decision: 27 February 2024
Current status: HMRC granted permission to appeal to the Supreme Court.
Sintra Global INC & Parul Malde
Neutral citation: [2022] UKFTT 365 (TC)
Appeal reference: TC/2015/04972, TC/2015/04975, TC/2015/04978, TC/2017/00711, TC/2018/01710, TC/2018/08345
First-tier Tribunal decision: Appeal allowed.
Date of decision: 5 October 2022
Current status: HMRC’s appeal to the Upper Tribunal heard 2 to 4 and 9 to 10 July 2024.
Sonder Europe Ltd
Neutral citation: [2023] UKFTT 610 (TC)
Appeal reference: TC/2020/00890
First-tier Tribunal decision: Appeal allowed.
Date of decision: 5 July 2023
Current status: HMRC granted permission to appeal to the Upper Tribunal. Listed for hearing December 2024.
The Prudential Assurance Company Ltd
Neutral citation: [2024] EWCA Civ 300
Appeal reference: CA-2023-000861
Court of Appeal decision: The Court of Appeal dismissed Prudential’s appeal.
Date of decision: 26 March 2024
Current status: Prudential granted permission to appeal to the Supreme Court.
WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC
Neutral citation: [2024] UKFTT 181 (TC)
Appeal reference: TC/2018/05518
First-tier Tribunal decision: The Upper Tribunal allowed Morrison’s appeal and remitted the appeal to the First-tier Tribunal to be heard by a new panel.
Date of decision: 4 March 2024
Current status: First-tier Tribunal again dismissed the appeal.
Yorkshire Agricultural Society
Neutral citation: [2023] UKFTT 389 (TC)
Appeal references: TC/2021/01659, TC/2022/11415
First-tier Tribunal decision: Appeal allowed.
Date of decision: 25 April 2023
Current status: HMRC granted permission to appeal to the Upper Tribunal. Listed for hearing 7 October 2024.