11 decisions turning on best judgment assessment.
Tax LawVAT and Duties Tribunal
Mozibur and Gazibur Rahman traded in partnership as S & H Fashions, a cut, make and trim business registered for VAT on 1 November 1998 which supplied garments principally to Hobbs Ltd and Burberry. The brothers had worked as…
Tax LawUpper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber)30 Jul 2026[2026] UKUT 290 (TCC)
The applicant, Parvaiz Akhtar, was assessed to VAT by the Commissioners for His Majesty's Revenue and Customs for the periods 12/19 to 03/23 in the sum of £29,199.19. The assessments were best judgement assessments issued under s…
Tax LawFirst-tier Tribunal (Tax)22 Mar 2011[2011] UKFTT 197 (TC)Added 6 Aug 2026
The Appellant, Janet Esther Herron, has traded as a road haulier under the name Herron Transport from premises at Ballygowan Road, Dromore, County Down. On 25 November 2007 her husband, David Herron, was stopped by the…
Tax LawFirst-tier Tribunal (Tax)18 Mar 2011[2011] UKFTT 191 (TC)Added 6 Aug 2026
Mrs. Rosanna Jayne Gordon took the tenancy of the Samson & Lion public house from 5 November 1998 and registered for VAT from that date, having never previously run a business. The premises were derelict and, after extensive…
Tax LawVAT and Duties Tribunal13 Nov 2006Added 6 Aug 2026
Mr Sikander Ali carried on the business of selling takeaway food from shop premises at Milkstone Road, Rochdale, under the style of "King Balti". In July 2002 Mrs Carey and another officer of the Commissioners visited the…
Tax LawVAT and Duties Tribunal8 Aug 2006Added 6 Aug 2026
The appellant, Mehmet Gurbuz, traded as "Deal Kebab and Pizza House", providing hot food from premises in high street, Deal, from 21 July 1999, the business having been taken over as a going concern from Mustafa Deniz, who had…
Tax LawVAT and Duties Tribunal23 Jun 2006Added 6 Aug 2026
Continental Wine and Food Limited manufactured "Bali Tropical Alcoholic Drink with Caribbean Rum & Coconut flavour", a beverage made by fortifying a fermented made-wine base derived from concentrated grape juice with neutral…
Tax LawVAT and Duties Tribunal23 Jun 2006Added 6 Aug 2026
The appellants were James Ashley Gibbons ("JG") and his son Richard Lee Gibbons ("LG"), both self-employed lorry and truck drivers working in and near Newport, Wales, who lived at the family home and ran their businesses…
Tax LawVAT and Duties Tribunal26 May 2006Added 6 Aug 2026
Ramiz Uddin traded as the Diwan-E-Am, an Indian restaurant in Croydon, and had been registered for VAT from 20 November 1995. Daily takings were recorded from duplicate meal slips, totalled by staff, entered in a loose-leaf book…
Tax LawSpecial Commissioners of Income Tax23 May 2006Added 6 Aug 2026
The appellant, Jade Palace Ltd, operates a Chinese restaurant in Wickford, Essex; its directors, Mr and Mrs Fung, owned 75 per cent of the shares. The Revenue opened an enquiry into the company's return for the year ended 31…
Tax LawVAT and Duties Tribunal10 Apr 2006Added 6 Aug 2026
Mr Michael Hurst and Mrs Mary Hurst traded in partnership as "Park Fisheries", carrying on business as proprietors of three fish and chip restaurants and takeaways — Park Fisheries in Cleckheaton, Mother Hubbards in Oldham and…