Our successes  
  Our professional advice and actions have produced substantial results for our Clients. A few examples are:
 
Han and Yau final decision. Click here to view.

Excise warehouse approval revoked, two consignments of goods seized and excise/VAT assessments issued totalling £7.9 million pounds. Assessments withdrawn, warehouse approval restored and compensation being claimed for the seized goods. Click to view document 1 and document 2.
 
     
  WOWGR registrations revoked and excise duty/VAT assessments totalling £3.2 million pounds in two other cases. Assessments withdrawn and WOWG registrations re-instated in successful appeals.

WOWGR registration revoked. Registrations re-instated following our representation in the review.

Application for approval to become an excise boded warehouse rejected. Application approved following our representations in the review.

£3,139,648 VAT assessment on mobile phones. Withdrawn in full.

£4,144,397 VAT assessment disallowing input tax on an alcoholic drinks wholesaler. Withdrawn in full.

£70,000 to £80,000 Annual VAT savings for a Charity arising as a result of our health check visit.

Many seized heavy goods vehicles returned to their owners.

£99,065 VAT assessment reduced to £6,990 on appeal. Click here to view.

£890,719 VAT assessment on a chain of retail shops. Withdrawn in full.

Criminal prosecution of a vehicle registration business dropped following our expert report for the defence Solicitors.

£93,996 VAT assessment and £76,665 penalty on a restaurant settled, by agreement, for £10,000

£11,423 VAT assessment and £7,800 penalty on a take away food business. Withdrawn in full.

£9,000 restoration fee paid for return of an HGV. Restoration fee refunded following our representations.

£263,432 VAT assessment on a business in the construction industry. Assessment settled, by agreement, for £132,895 following our representations over the liability of supplies.

£27,600 Stamp Duty saved on a commercial property transaction following our advice.

£97,363 VAT assessment. Withdrawn in full.

Company threatened with a criminal investigation and an assessment of £70,000 in respect of road fuels. Case settled by way of a civil penalty and tax of £10,000.

Successful challenges against a seizure of goods in condemnation proceedings and compensation recovered for the goods, loss of profits and interest.

Many successful Tribunal appeals against the refusal to restore seized goods and compensation recovered. Click here to view an example.

£7,522 VAT assessment. Withdrawn in full.

Note: In most of the above cases we recovered a large proportion of the professional fees as costs from Customs and Excise.
 
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