Postage VAT
The taxpayer was a partner in a company that owned two shops and supplied clothing by mail order. HMRC disputed the VAT attributable to payments by the company of postal charges on the delivery of goods to customers. The company claimed it as allowable but HMRC refused the claim.
The VAT tribunal said that CCE v Plantiflor Ltd [2002] STC 1132 applied thus VAT was payable; so the company appealed.
The High Court said that the VAT tribunal was 'undeniably correct' to find as it had.
The taxpayer's appeal was dismissed.
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