"The business, which focuses on providing specialist wigs for women struggling with hair loss, challenged a 277,083.10 VAT bill from HMRC for sales of their innovative Kinsey System wigs, covering the tax years 2018 to 2024. The company argued that their wigs, which cost customers approximately 2,400 annually for fitting and maintenance, should be zero-rated for VAT under an exemption for "drugs, medicines, [and] aids for the disabled.""
"The decision came during a 277,000 court battle involving Mark Glenn Ltd, a company co-founded by hair extension specialist Mark Sharp and former children's TV presenter Glenn Kinsey in 2001. In a groundbreaking judgment, Judge Swami Raghavan and Judge Kevin Poole of the Tax Chamber of the Upper Tribunal sided with Mark Glenn Ltd. They agreed that for the company's female customers, baldness should indeed be officially recognised as a disability, thereby exempting the wigs from VAT."
The Independent seeks donations to fund on-the-ground reporting across issues such as reproductive rights, climate change, and Big Tech, and states that donations keep journalists reporting without paywalls. The Independent emphasizes reaching audiences across the political spectrum and relying on supporters who can pay to keep reporting free for others. A tribunal ruling classified baldness as a disability following a tax dispute between specialist wig maker Mark Glenn Ltd and HMRC. Mark Glenn Ltd challenged a 277,083.10 VAT bill for Kinsey System wig sales covering 2018–2024. Judges Swami Raghavan and Kevin Poole sided with the company, agreeing that for female customers baldness can be recognised as a disability and that the wigs should be VAT-exempt.
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