Customs and Excise will pay interest on VAT errors

Customs and Excise will pay interest on VAT errors - 1991 - HM Customs and Excise News Release no 58/91 1 August 1991 2 pages .

Since 25 July 1991, HM Customs and Excise is paying 12 per cent interest on incorrect VAT payments made as a result of Departmental error. Tax payers now have a statutory right under the Finance Act 1991 to claim interest as far back as the introduction of the tax in 1973. Gives full table of interest rates.