- The case involves appeals against five decisions by the Respondents related to VAT issues.
- Opus Labour Services Ltd was penalized for VAT periods 07/18 to 04/19 with a penalty initially set at £383,119.20, later reduced to £333,504.60.
- Mr. Jason Giller received a personal liability notice for the same amount as the Opus penalty.
- Opus’s claim to input tax for VAT periods 07/19, 10/19, and 99/99 was denied due to connections with VAT fraud.
- A second penalty of £136,318.20 was imposed on Opus for the same periods.
- The tribunal found that the appellants did not know of the fraud connection and did not have ‘blind eye’ knowledge, but they should have known.
- The appeals were dismissed.
Source: bailii.org
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