In HMRC v A G Villodre [2016] UKUT 166 (7 April 2016) the UT found that a post clearance demand was not communicated to a debtor who had not received it but that HMRC was entitled to amend its pleadings.
Villodre is a Spanish company. It trades in garlic grown outside Spain and it exports it to the UK. In February 2005 it had bought garlic from a supplier in Bahrain and exported it to the UK. Import duty had been calculated and paid on the basis that the country of origin of the goods was India. Following an investigation the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) had concluded that the garlic was of Chinese origin so that the amount of customs duty due was much higher. HMRC had then sent a post clearance demand...
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In HMRC v A G Villodre [2016] UKUT 166 (7 April 2016) the UT found that a post clearance demand was not communicated to a debtor who had not received it but that HMRC was entitled to amend its pleadings.
Villodre is a Spanish company. It trades in garlic grown outside Spain and it exports it to the UK. In February 2005 it had bought garlic from a supplier in Bahrain and exported it to the UK. Import duty had been calculated and paid on the basis that the country of origin of the goods was India. Following an investigation the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) had concluded that the garlic was of Chinese origin so that the amount of customs duty due was much higher. HMRC had then sent a post clearance demand...
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