UK High Court’s Investment Trust Companies ruling is good news for VAT recovery claims

April 03 2013

Robert Waterson, senior associate at Hage Aaronson, explains why the further judgment in Investment Trust Companies (In Liquidation) v HMRC (ITC) is good news for taxpayers who suffered unlawfully levied VAT but had no direct right of action against HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) under section 80 of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 (VATA).

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