Kickboxing company Premier Family Martial Arts LLP has lost a VAT dispute with HMRC, as they tried to appeal that kickboxing should be exempt from VAT because it is a form of tuition, covering a subject that is part of school education
HMRC has lost an appeal at the Upper Tribunal over zero rated VAT on digital newspapers with the publishers of The Times arguing that digital versions of its newspapers are not a service
Retail chain Dixons has failed at a First Tier Tribunal (FTT) appeal in a bid to reclaim £1.8m of overpaid VAT on cheques which had been dishonoured, on the basis it was out of time for a refund
Ducking an HMRC penalty for late tax filing is an important administrative consideration for any taxpayer. Meg Wilson CTA, tax writer at Croner-i, examines three key points from the latest Upper Tribunal case where the taxpayer lost his argument over penalties
Musical impresario Andrew Lloyd Webber has won a tax case against HMRC over a claim for a capital gains tax rebate over development of a luxury beachside mansion in Barbados which was never completed
An upmarket matchmaking business has failed in its bid at a First Tier Tribunal (FTT) to overturn a demand from HMRC for VAT due on the services it provides
HMRC’s internal guidance manuals have been available to taxpayers since 1994, but can still be challenged in the courts and can be wrong on occasion, warns Stephanie Webber, tax writer at Croner-i
A childcare business has won an appeal overturning a £230,000 demand for VAT after a First Tier Tribunal (FTT) agreed its holiday camps should have the same VAT treatment as its after-school business
A Coventry-based engineering consultancy has been given a £25,000 penalty after wrongly claiming for research and development (R&D) tax credits on over £390,000 of trading losses
The Court of Appeal has ruled that the ‘period of ownership’ for principal private residence (PPR) relief from capital gains tax (CGT) begins when the property purchase is completed, not from exchange, in a ruling which overturns a previous tribunal finding in HMRC’s favour
In the latest IR35 loss for HMRC, TV presenter Helen Fospero has won her case at the tax tribunal over a disputed tax bill of £80,000 when she was working on a contract basis for ITV
Multimillionaire Robert Gaines-Cooper is back in the tax courts at the First Tier Tribunal disputing a long-running avoidance case centring on tax liability and domicile issues
HMRC has lost its latest legal challenge on the operation of the off-payroll rules, after a First Tier Tribunal (FTT) found in favour of an IT contractor
The Upper Tribunal has rejected an appeal by TV presenter Christa Ackroyd over her tax status at the BBC, stating that she must pay NICs and income tax on her earnings, as she was an employee not a contractor
