by David Jones | Apr 8, 2021 | Self Assessment, Tax Investigations
Hidden in the small print of the Budget Day announcements, were the details of the long-awaited, points-based system for late filing penalties. But, as one financial journalist who was apparently determined to create a sentence of 7 words with 5 of them starting with...
by David Jones | Feb 28, 2020 | Business Regulation, Business Tax, Tax Investigations, VAT
HMRC targeted Dodadine Ltd (trading as toucanBOX) on craft products and associated reading materials, produced for young children between the ages of three and eight years old. The company produce craft materials consisting of reading matter and components for craft...
by David Jones | Jan 30, 2020 | Business Regulation, Self Assessment, Tax Investigations
This is a case where a taxpayer failed to respond to questions about used car sales, so HMRC plucked a figure of taxable profit out of the air to use as the base for tax and penalty assessments totalling £342,943. Background to the case HMRC asserted that a gentleman...
by David Jones | Jan 17, 2020 | Personal Finance, Self Assessment, Tax Investigations
Picture the scenario: a taxpayer was under investigation for non-disclosure of foreign earnings (income from letting out a holiday home in Spain). The enquiry settlement letter included the following paragraph: “In order to help me consider the behaviour...
by David Jones | Nov 15, 2019 | Business Regulation, Business Tax, Self Assessment, Tax Investigations
An eagle-eyed accountant in Birmingham, Alex Jameson, recently noticed a minor change in HMRC procedures, that will have potentially huge consequences. Mr Jameson discovered that the tax law has been subtly amended so that certain decisions currently required to be...
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...
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