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Neutral Citation: [2025] UKFTT 01253 (TC)
Case Number: TC09666
FIRST-TIER TRIBUNAL
TAX CHAMBER
By remote video hearing
Appeal reference: TC/2024/05377
VAT –DENIAL OF INPUT TAX – WHETHER HMRC ENTITLED TO DENY INPUT TAX CLAIMS UNDER REGULATION 29(2) EVEN WHERE THERE ARE VALID VAT INVOICES – NO - WHETHER INVOICES VALID – YES IN PART - WHETHER SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO JUSTIFY INPUT TAX RECOVERY – NO – APPEAL ALLOWED IN PART
Heard on: 9 September 2025
Judgment date: 17 October 2025
Before
TRIBUNAL JUDGE IAN HYDE
GILL HUNTER
Between
EUROCENT (BUCKINGHAM) LIMITED
Appellant
and
THE COMMISSIONERS FOR HIS MAJESTY’S REVENUE AND CUSTOMS
Respondents
Representation:
For the Appellants: Simon Levine, VAT consultant
For the Respondents: Olivia Donovan, litigator of HM Revenue and Customs’ Solicitor’s Office
DECISION
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- Introduction
- The facts
- Background
- The purchase of the Property
- HMRC’s compliance check and decision making
- Validity of invoices and HMRC’s discretion
- The issues in this appeal
- HMRC’s wider input tax argument
- Validity of invoices and alternative evidence arguments
- The BHNV Invoice
- Validity of the BHNV invoice
- Alternative evidence for the BHNV Invoice
- The Colridge Invoice
- Validity of the Colridge Invoice
- Alternative evidence for the Colridge Invoice
- Conclusions
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