Peter Vass v Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs
Decision date: 7 May 2010
Neutral citation: [2010] UKFTT 208 (TC)
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Short overview
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The appellant sought VAT deregistration effective 30 June 2008, alleging he posted a VAT7 in June 2008; HMRC denied receipt and the Tribunal found on the balance of probabilities that HMRC had not received the June form or a September covering letter. Applying the statutory provision relied on by HMRC, the Tribunal dismissed the appeal and backdated deregistration to 30 September 2008. The central assessment for July was not reduced.
Ratio decidendi
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The Tribunal applied the principle that a request for deregistration takes effect from the date HMRC receive the request (or a later agreed date), and where there is no reliable evidence of receipt, an uncorroborated claim of posting does not establish an earlier effective date.
Obiter dicta
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The Tribunal noted HMRC’s internal procedures for handling VAT7s with incorrect VAT numbers (searches by name/address or postcode, photocopying) and cited prior Tribunal decisions that supported HMRC’s interpretation of the relevant statutory provision; these observations were recorded but not determinative of the outcome.
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