Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has paid Sportech £93 million in relation to its long-running VAT dispute over Sportech’s Spot the Ball game.
The operator is still owed an additional £4m, with this balance to be paid should HMRC's final appeal to the UK Supreme Court fail. The tax authority has applied for the right to appeal Sportech's successful judgement, with a decision to be made on this by Autumn this year.
Sportech's claim was first submitted in [...]