- Cambria Automobiles submitted a claim for margin scheme VAT overpaid on sales of demonstrator cars between 1973 and 1996
- HMRC agreed to pay Cambria’s claim in 2006
- The agreement extended to all overpayments in relation to the vehicles supplied by Cambria during the relevant periods
- Other car dealers negotiated additional payments based on the “Italian tables” used to calculate the claims
- Cambria’s 2009 claim breached the terms of the agreement and was rejected by HMRC
- The Upper Tribunal criticized the FTT for not applying the approach to contractual interpretation
- The Upper Tribunal reached the same conclusion as the FTT and dismissed Cambria’s appeal.
Source: taxscape.deloitte.com
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