UK Tax Tribunal Rules Advance Payments Not Subject to Additional Import VAT in Bottled Water Case

• The UK First-Tier Tax Tribunal issued a judgment on May 1 in Case No. TC09505.
• The case involved additional import VAT for advance payments on bottled water imported from Turkey.
• The Tax Agency claimed the taxpayer under-declared the value of the imports.
• The taxpayer argued the payments were advance payments for better pricing, not for specific goods.
• The Tax Tribunal allowed the taxpayer’s appeal.
• The Tribunal found the payments were not for specific goods and were not sufficient to impose additional VAT.
• The size of a payment alone does not determine additional tax liability.

Source: news.bloombergtax.com

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