The Kittel Principle
The Kittel Principle (From Computer Chips to Outsourcing Labour Supplies) The Kittel principle is a much talked about subject when it comes to allegations [...]
HMRC site ‘careless’ behaviour to avoid being time barred
CTM was instructed by the director of a hotel group in the successful Tribunal appeal of a £600,000 HMRC Discovery Assessment. It centred around [...]
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 [...]
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) [...]
MTIC Fraud News
We have noticed that the First-Tier Tax Tribunal has been become much more tolerant with traders in Missing Trader Intra Community (“MTIC”) appeals. An [...]
HMRC Pleadings in Fraud Cases
The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland overturned a decision of the First-Tier Tax Tribunal and the High Court regarding how HMRC must plead [...]
Drilling rigs can use red diesel
In another CTM case, HMRC had changed its interpretation of the law when it came to the use of red diesel in vehicles that [...]
Taxpayers right to allocate VAT payments to current periods even when in arrears?
The law had always seemed to be on the side of HMRC when it came to allocating VAT payments. If the company was in [...]