Written questions

Agricultural Shows: VAT

2026-06-14 · Treasury · HL931 · Official question

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government, following the Upper Tribunal’s decision in The Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs v. Yorkshire Agricultural Society [[2025] UKUT 00004 (TTC)], when they plan to refund the value added tax paid by that soci

Answer

HM Revenue and Customs has not produced an estimate of the total VAT overpaid by agricultural societies in running agricultural shows and does not hold centrally collated data on this. HMRC will consider any repayment claim in line with VAT including the ...