Upper Tribunal rules against taxpayer’s claim for VAT repayment supplement in Bollinway Properties case

• Bollinway Properties Limited (BPL) submitted a VAT return claiming a repayment of £71,170,729.68.
• BPL asked HMRC to offset the amount of its credit against Toys “R” Us Properties Limited’s (TRUP) VAT liability.
• HMRC allocated £71,084,816.43 to TRUP’s VAT account and authorized the remaining amount for repayment to BPL.
• BPL sought a repayment supplement of £3,554,240.82, but HMRC refused.
• The First-tier Tribunal (FTT) agreed with HMRC that repayment supplement was not payable.
• BPL appealed the FTT decision, arguing that it did not assign its entitlement to TRUP and that repayment supplement should be due.
• The Upper Tribunal (UT) released its decision, but the details of the decision are not provided in the text.

Source: ey.com

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