Bark & Co is a firm of solicitors in London with an expert Commercial and Indirect Tax Fraud team. The team specializes in litigating indirect tax disputes, such as VAT and excise duty fraud allegations made by HMRC against businesses. They have experience negotiating and litigating a wide range of tax disputes, including MTIC, carousel, and invoice fraud. The team retains litigation expertise in relevant forums like the VAT and Duties Tribunals and High Court.

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.