McGee Associates v Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs
Decision date: 1 April 2010
Neutral citation: [2010] UKFTT 144 (TC)
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Short overview
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McGee Associates appealed HMRC's refusal to repay or credit VAT overpayments where completed VAT returns claiming input tax were submitted in 2008 for periods with assessments and payments made in 2001–2003. The Tribunal held the claims were made more than three years after the relevant date under s.80 VAT Act and therefore time‑barred, with no discretion to extend the statutory limitation. The appeal was dismissed.
Ratio decidendi
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A repayment or credit claim under section 80 of the Value Added Tax Act must be made within three years of the relevant date; claims made after that three‑year period are not allowable and the Tribunal has no discretion to extend those statutory time limits.
Obiter dicta
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The Tribunal noted it may proceed in a party's absence where the party has been notified or reasonable steps have been taken and it is in the interests of justice; it also observed that HMRC's administrative error in listing the appellant as a missing trader was not a basis to avoid the statutory time limits.
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