- The Court of Appeal confirmed that the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) has only supervisory, not appellate, jurisdiction in cases concerning HMRC’s discretion to accept alternative evidence for input tax recovery.
- FS Commercial Limited could not rely on VAT invoices that were not provided to HMRC before the decision to disallow input tax.
- The FTT can only review the reasonableness of HMRC’s decision, not make its own decision on the deductibility of input tax based on new evidence.
- The Upper Tribunal and Court of Appeal both upheld the FTT’s decision, dismissing FS Commercial’s appeal.
Source: taxscape.deloitte.com
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