Historic VAT claims

A message to tenants and former tenants of Marston’s PLC

Historic VAT claims in respect of gaming machine income (Rank)

A number of historic VAT claims in respect of gaming machine income have been submitted by Marston’s PLC on behalf of current tenants and former tenants. These historic claims were NOT submitted on behalf of all tenants; to be included as part of the Rank Group action, you would have signed an authority to allow us to act on your behalf (between September 2006 and July 2012).

Following the conclusion of the Rank Group action, HMRC are now contacting tenants/former tenants for which claims were submitted. If you are contacted, HMRC will ask whether you wish to pursue a potential claim and, if so, request various supporting documentation from you. HMRC wish to deal with you directly, therefore Marston’s PLC will be unable to act on your behalf in respect of these claims.

For the avoidance of doubt, you should still be alert for scam emails, text messages and calls pretending to be from HMRC; for instance, HMRC should not ask you to make any payments in order to administer any claim.