ASSESSMENTS

SDLT assessment and closure notice: The Wool House Ltd v HMRC [2024] UKFTT 997 (TC) (30 October) is quite an administrative tangle. The taxpayer paid SDLT on the normal single-property basis but then put in an overpayment relief claim, on the basis...

Mainpay should end any suggestion by HMRC that they can score a ‘knockout’ by identifying an area of carelessness, write Sophie Rhind and Victoria Braid (Macfarlanes).

R&D tax credits denied: In Strictly Money Ltd v HMRC [2024] UKFTT 866 (TC) (20 September), the judge dismissed the entire R&D claim on the basis that ‘no meaningful work’ was done in respect of the £1.4m expenditure on which...

ADR exit agreement was binding and enforceable.

Attraction pass was outside the scope of VAT when sold.

Court of Appeal considers validity of automated notices and assessments.

No hardship with VAT assessment: A taxpayer wishing to appeal to a tribunal against a VAT assessment must either pay the disputed tax up front or apply to HMRC or the tribunal for permission not to pay the assessment on grounds of hardship. SC...

HMRC’s assessment powers vary depending on the tax at issue but there are common themes, write Matthew Greene and Guy Bud (Stewarts).

Application for a stay.