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Issuing a corporate update, FTSE listed gambling technology provider Sportech Plc has confirmed that its plea relating to its ongoing £97 million VAT repayment was heard by the UK Court of Appeal last Friday. Sportech governance aims to overturn its September 2014 VAT ruling on its ‘Spot the Ball’ competition, which sided with UK HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) regarding the …

A former director of Walton-based Sportech is hoping to buy the firm’s football pools arm in a deal that could be worth around £100m. As reported in the Liverpool Echo, Sportech’s former chief operating officer Ian Hogg is one of several potential bidders for the group’s subsidiary, known as The Football Pools. He was at Sportech for four years until he …

Sportech Plc has been informed that its planned hearing of its £97 million value added tax repayment claim on its ‘Spot the Ball’ competition has been delayed. The operator was due to enter its claim hearings on 2 November, however Sportech was that due to a “lack of judicial availability”, its VAT hearing would have to be delayed. At present …

Sportech PLC today announced that it had been granted permission by the UK Court of Appeal in relation to its VAT repayment claim regarding its “Spot the Ball” competition. Sportech is set to further challenge the UK tax authorities relating to tax claims worth more than £90 million. The company issued a short corporate statement this morning stating that a …

The long running tax battle between Football Pools operator Sportech plc and Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is set to continue after Sportech announced that it has lodged an application for permission from the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) to appeal to the Court of Appeal in relation to the VAT repayment claim on the ‘Spot the Ball’ …