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I have just taken on a case that was opened by HMRC in 2012!

In a recent tax case (Islam 2022 TC 08513), the tribunal judge did not agree.

Yes they do and it’s not deemed a sensitive case.

HMRC is not your friend, they have a job to do, but here are things you should know to make the process more friendly.

HMRC states in CH160800, ‘the law says that insufficiency of funds is not a reasonable excuse unless the insufficiency is attributable to events outside the persons control’

The taxpayer has submitted an appeal against HMRC’s tax assessment. HMRC thinks the case is weak and asks the taxpayer/agent for further clarification of the grounds of appeal or to withdraw the appeal.

HMRC has been asking for direct access to accountancy softwares such as #QuickBooks and #Xero to access electronic records for tax investigations. This is a result of tax going digital.

I have not put much value to the HMRC Statutory Review apart from that it is a good summary of the case, so I conducted a poll to ask what others thought