Appeal the Tax Assessment, not just the Deliberate Penalties.
We previously wrote a short article about Deliberate Penalties for knowingly submitting incorrect tax/VAT returns. We recently, and successfully, represented a director of a [...]
Liquidators Action Against Directors
Where companies are wound up by HMRC for unpaid taxes, HMRC are increasingly taking control away from the Official Receiver and appointing private insolvency [...]
Outsourcing Payroll Services Linked to MTIC Fraud
MTIC fraud is becoming more prevalent with companies providing Payroll and other labour services. It its simplest form, a business (Company A) outsources its [...]
Personal ‘Deliberate’ Penalties
This is a short article to explain what HMRC have to prove in order to move a company VAT Penalty to the Director personally. [...]
Fraud in Customer Chain (Mecsek-Gabona Kft)
Mecsek-Gabona Kft (‘Mecsek’) was a Hungarian company that legitimately wholesaled various products, including seed. It sold rapeseed to an Italian company (Agro-Trade srl), who [...]
CTM Success in VAT Security Appeal
CTM has received an important written decision from the Tribunal in an appeal that we handled on behalf of a Mexican Restaurant. It relates [...]
How to win an MTIC Appeal
MTIC Investigations and Appeals You need to read this if HMRC have decided to deny your company the right to deduct input tax (VAT) [...]
De-registration of VAT numbers unlawful at times
HMRC de-register businesses for VAT for many reasons. The 2 main reasons are that the company is no longer making taxable supplies and that [...]
Repayment Supplement when HMRC repay VAT late
Few people know that HMRC must pay the taxpayer a 5% penalty for VAT repaid late, the 5% obviously relating to the amount of [...]
Tribunal’s Hands Tied in Certain Cases
In some appeals, mainly excise cases, the only option a Tribunal has is to tell HMRC that it believes the decision was wrong and [...]