Taxation: Appeals

(asked on 27th February 2019) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax tribunal appeals failed in each year since 2010.


Answered by
Mel Stride Portrait
Mel Stride
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
This question was answered on 4th March 2019

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

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