Indirect taxes, predominantly Value Added Tax and excise duties, are now a common subject of civil litigation. Litigation of this kind often involves a department of Government such as Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs making allegations of fraud or dishonesty against legitimate businesses and their directors.

1. Bark & Co
SOLICITORS LONDON

2. Indirect Tax
 Indirect taxes, predominantly Value Added Tax and
excise duties, are now a common subject of civil
litigation. Litigation of this kind often involves a
department of Government such as Her Majesty’s
Revenue and Customs making allegations of fraud or
dishonesty against legitimate businesses and their
directors.
 The Commercial and Indirect Tax Fraud team at Bark &
Co has an excellent reputation for successfully
negotiating and litigating a wide range of disputes. We
have a large team of specialist

3. Areas of Expertise:
The specialisations of the Commercial and Indirect Tax Fraud Team include:
• VAT Fraud
• MTIC Fraud
• Carousel Fraud
• Knowledge/Means of Knowledge Input Tax Denial
• Invalid Invoice disputes
• Assessments of VAT and/or Excise
• Excise Diversion Fraud
• Seizure of goods upon importation
• Repayment Supplement Appeals (delayed authorisation of VAT returns)
• Default Surcharge Appeals
• Extended Verification of VAT returns
• Freezing and Restraint Orders

4.  Our team retains litigation expertise in all the
relevant forums, particularly in the VAT and Duties
Tribunals and the High Court.
 Current cases include high profile MTIC and
Carousel fraud allegations amounting to hundreds of
millions of pounds that are set to test both UK and
European legislation.