HMRC have published new advisory fuel rates for company car drivers which will apply from 1 June 2017.
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in Mrs R Rendall v HMRC [2013] TC6011 the FTT decided to quash £3,200 of late partnership filing penalties. HMRC had all the correct information and had given incorrect advice on filing: giving a penalty in such circumstances was clearly not the intention of the law.
In Anthony and Tracy Lee Hancock v HMRC [2017] EWCA Civ 198 the Court of Appeal found that the conversion of QCBs and a non-QCBs into a single new QCB should be treated as two separate conversions: tax was due on redemption.
In New Way Cleaning Ltd v HMRC [2017] UKFTT TC5769 the First-Tier Tribunal (FTT) considered what statutory documentation is reasonably required under a Schedule 36 Notice relating to PAYE.
The Welsh Land Transaction Tax (LTT) received Royal Assent on 24 May 2017.
The Ministry of Justice is beta testing a new online tax appeals service and it is looking for taxpayers and representatives to test it.
In The Brain Disorders Research Limited Partnership & Neil Hockin v HMRC [2017] UKUT 0176 the Upper Tribunal (UT) found that a tax avoidance scheme was a sham and the partnership involved was not trading.
In R&J Birkett T/A The Orchards Residential Home & Others v HMRC [2017] UK UT 0089 the Upper Tribunal upheld daily penalties for failure to comply with information notices where initial fixed penalties were under appeal.
In F Anstock v HMRC [2017] TC05784 HMRC issued the taxpayer with an Information Notice that was so poorly drafted that the FTT declared it invalid and so quashed penalties relating to the notice.
In Sir Keith Mills, Team Origin LLP v HMRC [2017] TC05844 the First Tier Tribunal (FTT) disallowed sideways loss relief for a LLP formed to compete in the prestigious America’s Cup yacht race: there was little hope of any realisation of profits.