VAT - 29.11.2023

Overclaimed VAT - is it always repayable to HMRC?

Our subscriber made purchases from a supplier and reclaimed the VAT charged on their invoices. The supplier has subsequently gone under and apparently was never registered for VAT. Must the VAT our subscriber reclaimed be repaid to HMRC?

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