by David Jones | Aug 16, 2018 | Tax Investigations, VAT
This is the strange case of Quality Engines Direct Ltd (QEDL), and concerned two sales of silver ingots, where the VAT at stake was £60,062. The court decided that no output tax was payable on those sales because the company didn’t own the goods. QEDL’s main business...
by David Jones | Aug 10, 2018 | Personal Finance, Tax Investigations
The long running case of Romie Tager, barrister and QC, finally reached a conclusion in the Court of Appeal last month and highlights that there is a clear distinction to be drawn between the most spectacular levels of neglectful non-compliance and the murky world of...
by David Jones | Apr 20, 2018 | Business Tax, Opinion, Tax Investigations
This week’s Blog concerns a recent a tribunal decision which raises questions about how HMRC prepares cases to be heard at the tax tribunals and the decision may well have a wider impact on other cases. How it started… The case was: Mohammed Ashraf v HMRC and...
by David Jones | Apr 5, 2018 | Personal Finance, Tax Investigations
This week saw the passing of comic legend Ken Dodd, and while friends, family and fans alike mourn his loss; one of Dodd’s final actions was clearly a last flourish of his tickling stick at HMRC and his ultimate two figure salute to them after an ongoing battle with...
by David Jones | Mar 29, 2018 | Self Assessment, Tax Investigations
The Upper Tribunal (UT) has upheld a First Tier Tribunal decision that HMRC did not satisfy the necessary conditions for making a discovery assessment, and so the taxpayer escaped a tax bill of £475,498. The facts in brief In 2008, Raymond Tooth reduced his...
by David Jones | Mar 1, 2018 | Business Tax, Tax Investigations
This week’s Blog concerns one of the UK’s biggest lenders (or is that charities?) the Bank of Mum & Dad and highlights the need for a business motive, a commercial approach and watertight records when paying relatives. Unfortunately for Colin Nicholson HMRC...
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