AUTOMATED-NOTICES

Court of Appeal considers validity of automated notices and assessments.

Court of Appeal rules that automated notices are valid: In P Marano v HMRC [2024] EWCA Civ 876 (26 July), the CA dismissed the taxpayer’s appeal that the UT erred in holding that FA 2020 s 103 rendered it unnecessary for HMRC to prove the...

The government intends to change the law retrospectively to make it clear that HMRC can use automated processes to issue notices to file returns and to issue penalties, report Catherine Robins and Steven Porter (Pinsent Masons).