UK divisions of ticket resale website Viagogo hit with £15m bill over tax shortfall

Two UK divisions of Viagogo hit with bill after HMRC found they had not paid enough duty. Photograph: Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock

Two UK divisions of the ticket resale website Viagogo have been hit with a £15m tax bill after HMRC found they had not paid enough duty.

Corporate filings for VGL Services and IFOT Services, both part of the US-listed StubHub group that includes Viagogo, reveal that both firms set aside money to cover costs arising from a “transfer pricing inquiry with HMRC” relating to the period between 2016 and 2018.