- HMRC issued assessments to FS Commercial Limited for insufficient evidence of input tax claimed
- FS Commercial appealed to First-tier Tribunal and sought to include VAT invoices not previously provided
- FTT held it could review reasonableness of HMRC’s decision but not make own decision on deductibility
- FTT concluded FS Commercial could not rely on invoices not provided to HMRC
- Upper Tribunal upheld FTT decision, finding no error of law in grounds of appeal
- UT noted FTT’s jurisdiction was supervisory and HMRC’s discretion on input tax recovery
- Taxpayer cannot produce invoice on appeal to FTT if HMRC already exercised discretion
Source: taxscape.deloitte.com
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