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Heathrow Urges Court To Revive VAT-Free Shopping In UK
Law360, London (February 22, 2021, 3:21 PM GMT) Heathrow Airport urged an appeals court on Monday to quash the U.K. government s decision to scrap two tax relief schemes for tourists, arguing that the irrational move failed to take into account the program s wider economic benefits.
A lawyer for Heathrow Airport has said the government s reasons for withdrawing the tax relief on goods at duty-free and tax-free shops were fundamentally flawed. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) Daniel Beard QC, counsel for the airport, said the government s reasoning that led it to withdraw the VAT Retail Export Scheme and the Extra Statutory Concession on goods at duty-free and tax-free shops in Britain was.