{"issue_text":"Whether the Fiscal Appeal Court erred in law by allowing an appeal and setting aside VAT assessments when such issues were not sought in the original objection before the Commissioner","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"The respondent's objection sought setting aside of Income Tax assessments and penalties, not VAT assessments"}
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Background
The appellant (ZIMRA) appealed against a Fiscal Appeal Court judgment that allowed the respondent's appeal against VAT assessments for 2009-2013. The Supreme Court found that the lower court had considered issues not raised in the respondent's original objection, which was a procedural error under the Value Added Tax Act.
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