UK Computer Supplies Ltd v HMRC: VAT Input Tax Denial and MTIC Fraud Connection Dispute

• The case involves UK Computer Supplies Ltd appealing against HMRC’s decision to deny input tax deductions.
• The denial concerns 19 transactions involving SSD cards, headphones, and Apple watches during specific VAT periods.
• HMRC claims these transactions were linked to missing trader intra-community fraud.
• The Tribunal must determine if there was a VAT loss, if it was due to fraud, if UKCSL’s transactions were connected to this fraud, and if UKCSL knew or should have known about the connection.
• UKCSL accepts the transaction chains and VAT losses but disputes the fraud allegations and its knowledge of the fraud.
• HMRC must prove the fraud and UKCSL’s knowledge of it.

Source: bailii.org

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