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.

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2. 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.

3. 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

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

5. Our team retains litigation
expertise in all the relevant
forums, particularly in the VAT
and Duties Tribunals and the
High Court.

6. 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.