Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax tribunal appeals failed in each year since 2010.
The table below shows cases where the customers’ appeal to the tribunal has been unsuccessful for each year since 2010.
First-tier Tribunal
Year | Number of Tribunal Decisions | Tribunal Decisions where the customer has been unsuccessful |
2010-11 | 1135 | 834 |
2011-12 | 1395 | 855 |
2012-13 | 1433 | 1095 |
2013-14 | 2550 | 1943 |
2014-15 | 1303 | 1050 |
2015-16 | 1041 | 782 |
2016-17 | 1130 | 867 |
2017-18 | 1966 | 1420 |
Upper Tribunal
Year | Number of Tribunal Decisions | Tribunal Decisions where the customer has been unsuccessful |
2010-11 | Data Not Held | |
2011-12 | Data Not Held | |
2012-13 | 52 | 43 |
2013-14 | 73 | 46 |
2014-15 | 78 | 54 |
2015-16 | 73 | 55 |
2016-17 | 78 | 62 |
2017-18 | 77 | 55 |
The table below shows the outcome of stood over cases where the customers’ appeal has been unsuccessful for each year since 2010. This is where the customer has agreed to put the appeal on hold waiting for a decision in a related case that is being litigated. These cases are not heard by the tribunal.
Year | Number of Follower Cases Settled | Tribunal Decisions where the customer has been unsuccessful |
2010-11 | 48 | 30 |
2011-12 | 100 | 47 |
2012-13 | 461 | 344 |
2013-14 | 682 | 613 |
2014-15 | 331 | 287 |
2015-16 | 1431 | 1209 |
2016-17 | 2015 | 1599 |
2017-18 | 5070 | 4426 |