Solar Power PV Limited v The Commissioners for HMRC

Decision date: 24 June 2026

Neutral citation: [2026] UKFTT 952 (TC)

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This case concerned HMRC's application to strike out Solar Power PV Limited's claim for repayment of £28,697.38 on the ground that the First‑tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber) lacked jurisdiction. The Tribunal characterised the claim as a collateral challenge to a final tax penalty and to enforcement/insolvency steps and held it had no power to entertain such standalone challenges, so the proceedings were struck out.

Ratio decidendi

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The Tribunal's jurisdiction is statutory and principally appellate; it cannot entertain standalone challenges to the recoverability of a debt, questions of limitation, or the propriety/lawfulness of insolvency or winding‑up/enforcement proceedings arising outside an appeal against an appealable statutory decision, nor tort claims (e.g. negligent misrepresentation) framed as repayment actions, and therefore such claims fall outside the Tax Chamber's statutory remit.

Obiter dicta

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The Tribunal observed that the procedural guidance in Cox v Adecco about identifying the true nature of a claim is important but does not expand statutory jurisdiction and is not binding on this Tribunal; similarly, the overriding objective cannot be used to confer jurisdiction over matters outside the statute.

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