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C Runham & Ms C Naramore v HMRC

SDLT: penalty for failure to render return

In C Runham & Ms C Naramore v HMRC (TC00933 – 1 February) a couple purchased a property in March 2010. Their solicitors sent the form SDLT1 and appropriate cheque to HMRC. On 30 April one of the solicitors contacted HMRC because she had not received a certificate of payment (SDLT5). HMRC responded that they had not received the SDLT1 or cheque. The solicitor cancelled the original cheque submitted a new SDLT1 electronically and paid the duty by electronic transfer. HMRC imposed a penalty but the First-Tier Tribunal allowed the couple’s appeal. Judge Tildesley accepted the couple’s evidence and held that despite the statement in HMRC’s Stamp Duty Land Tax Manual SDLTM 86460 the fact that a return had been delayed or lost in the post could constitute a reasonable excuse. He observed that the solicitor ‘had established a...

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