Totel Ltd (Appellant) v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (Respondent)
Case ID: UKSC 2017/0023
Case summary
Issue(s)
Whether the prepayment rule for VAT infringes the EU law principle of equivalence.
Facts
The Appellant is a VAT registered trader. It sought to appeal against two "claw-back" assessments by which HMRC sought to recover input tax for which it had given credit but subsequently decided was not deductible input tax. The VAT Act 1994 provides that before a taxpayer can appeal a determination of HMRC that he/she is liable to pay any sum on account of VAT, he/she must first pay the tax in issue (the "prepayment rule").
Judgment appealed
Parties
Appellant(s)
Totel Ltd
Respondent(s)
Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs
Appeal
Justices
Lady Hale, Lord Sumption, Lord Carnwath, Lord Hodge, Lord Briggs
Hearing start date
25 Apr 2018
Hearing finish date
26 Apr 2018
| Watch hearing | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Apr 2018 | Morning session | Afternoon session | |
| 26 Apr 2018 | Morning session | ||