The Supreme Court has dismissed a claim in the long-running Zipvit VAT case over postage costs meaning that HMRC dodged a possible £500m to £1bn VAT pay out 

A start-up film company has won its appeal against the decision to dismiss its claim for enterprise investment scheme (EIS) relief on £100,000 worth of shares

The court ruled that HMRC had correctly denied corporation tax relief for an insurance company that used a tax avoidance scheme to dodge PAYE and national insurance on £9m worth of loans

A taxpayer has won their claim for multiple dwellings relief (MDR) case with the court ruling that the stamp duty land tax due was £13,000 and not £82,000 

HMRC has been allowed to strike out an application for VAT repayment of £855,000 as the taxpayer was barred from appealing 

The court has overturned a previous ruling concluding that as the taxpayer offered no case for the entirety of their £143,000 tax appeal then it must be all withdrawn and all seven appeals dismissed

A taxpayer has been allowed his late appeal against a discovery assessment of £22,896.60 ruling that the late appeal was justified as the case involved fraud, Covid-19, and working on offshore oil rigs

A wine merchant has won an appeal against HMRC discovery assessments and penalties of £350,905 with the court ruling that although he ‘regularly’ filed his accounts late he did not do it deliberately

In this month’s VAT updates, Graham Elliott examines VAT rulings on dog grooming lessons, car boot sale rent and unjust enrichment

The Court of Appeal has failed to make a definitive ruling over a disputed IR35 claim over £124,000 of tax from presenter Kaye Adams and has sent it back to a lower tribunal to make the final judgment

The court has dismissed an appeal from radio presenter Paul Hawksbee against tax assessments totalling £143,000 in long-disputed IR35 case

The High Court judgment in the Pugsley case is a salutary warning to tax advisors that there is no ‘legitimate expectation’ of independent review into giving security for VAT if offer not properly accepted. David Bloom and Nathaniel Rudolf QC examine the ruling