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DCM (Optical Holdings) Ltd (Appellant) v Commissioners for His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (Respondent) (Scotland)
Case summary
Case ID
UKSC/2021/0020
Parties
Appellant(s)
DCM (Optical Holdings) Ltd
Respondent(s)
Commissioners for His Majesty's Revenue and Customs
Issue
(1) Were tax assessments made by HMRC in 2005 made out of time and therefore time barred? (2) Do HMRC have an implied power to refuse to accept a sum claimed by a taxpayer by way of input tax?
Facts
DCM is a company primarily supplying glasses, but also providing eye tests and dispensing other optician services. The supply of frames and lenses for glasses is subject to VAT, however eye tests and services are not.DCM has for a number of years challenged the amount of tax charged to it by HMRC. The present appeal concerns output tax, which is the tax which a taxable person must charge on non-exempt supplies of goods or services to customers. A range of issues have arisen, but this appeal concerns firstly whether assessments made in 2005 by HMRC of DCM’s tax liability were made out of time and were therefore time barred, and secondly whether HMRC have an implied power to refuse to accept a sum claimed by a taxpayer by way of input tax (i.e. the tax charged to them when purchasing goods or services).The First-tier Tribunal held that HMRC’s 2005 assessments were not time-barred and that it could refuse a taxpayer’s input tax claim. The Upper Tribunal refused the appeal on the input tax issue but allowed it on the timebar issue. The Inner House overturned the Upper Tribunal’s decision on the timebar issue but upheld it on the input tax issue.The Inner House of the Court of Session granted DCM permission to appeal to the Supreme Court.
Date of issue
6 January 2021
Judgment appealed
Judgment details
Judgment date
12 October 2022
Neutral citation
[2022] UKSC 26
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Judgment summary
12 October 2022
Appeal
Justices
Hearing dates
Start date
8 February 2022
End date
8 February 2022
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8 February 2022 - Morning session
8 February 2022 - Afternoon session
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