by David Jones | Aug 9, 2019 | Opinion, Self Assessment, Tax Investigations
Today I’m reporting two recent Tax Tribunal cases concerning HMRC’s seemingly obsessive pursuit of high profile Radio and TV presenters and their attempts shoehorn these celebrities into their own peculiar interpretation of the IR35 rules. This week’s Blog concerns...
by David Jones | May 10, 2019 | Business Tax, Tax Investigations
Today I’m writing about a variation of the old saying: ’If it walks like a duck and sounds like a duck, it’s a duck’. In this scenario, I’m talking about the humble van which might look like a van and you might call it a van but to calculate tax on a benefit-in-kind...
by David Jones | May 2, 2019 | Business Tax, Tax Investigations
Entrepreneurs’ Relief concerning an orthopaedic surgeon who sold his practice, but continued to work for the buyer, with HMRC claiming that no sale had occurred for tax purposes. It is reasonable to expect an individual who sells their business to an independent third...
by David Jones | Apr 19, 2019 | Opinion, Self Assessment, Tax Investigations
Today I’m reporting on a snippet of recent news when HMRC admitted that over the past five years it has spent on average £10,000 a year on florists’ bills, to try and placate taxpayers who’ve been the subject of blunders by the taxman. Sometimes a sincere apology or a...
by David Jones | Nov 29, 2018 | Tax Investigations
This was a case in which arch brexiteer Arron Banks sought to use the European convention on human rights to argue that Inheritance Tax (IHT) charged on gifts he made to the UK Independence Party (UKIP) amounted to a breach of his human rights.Gifts or donations made...
by David Jones | Nov 1, 2018 | Self Assessment, Tax Investigations
It is vitally important to distinguish between the powers actually granted by Parliament to HMRC; together with the obligations actually imposed on taxpayers by the tax law; with the powers HMRC apparently believes it has and the obligations by which it thinks...
David Jones is the Senior Partner and Founder of Morgan Jones & Company. Born in Liverpool and an Accountancy graduate of the University of Wolverhampton, David spent twenty years working for the Customs & Excise in London then Shrewsbury before starting his own business. David's depth of knowledge of the UK tax system and his ability to communicate this learning has seen Morgan Jones & Company grow into Shropshire's most respected Accountancy Practice. Email David