- Acepark Ltd bought Toys “R” Us Properties Ltd (TRUP) and transferred its properties to Bollinway Properties Ltd for £355m in 2018.
- Bollinway included an input tax credit of £71m in its VAT return and requested that it be offset against TRUP’s output tax liability.
- HMRC requested backing documents, including property transfer forms (TR1), which were not provided until later.
- HMRC offset the input tax after receiving the TR1 forms.
- The Upper Tribunal determined that the TR1 forms were important to prove the property transfers had taken place.
- The First-tier Tribunal concluded that the TR1 forms should have been provided as part of the backing documents.
- HMRC did not delay the repayment for over 30 days, so Bollinway was not entitled to a repayment supplement of £3.5m.
Source: taxscape.deloitte.com
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