Tax | Toyota dealer wins £1.4m tax relief appeal

An extensive conversion of a warehouse into a Toyota showroom qualified for business premises renovation allowance despite HMRC arguing it was a new building

10 Feb 2025

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Business Tax

Property Tax

HMRC

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Business | Lloyds faces £1bn tax bill over Irish exit

Lloyds Banking Group has lost the first round of a tax dispute with HMRC at the First Tier Tribunal over a historic £1.07bn claim for cross-border group tax relief on Irish transactions, but it will appeal the decision

7 Feb 2025

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Companies

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Business Tax

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Tax | Cornerstone tax avoidance scheme ‘wholly wrong’

Two property buyers have lost a request to appeal against a £19,997 tax bill incurred after using a widely marketed and aggressive tax avoidance scheme to avoid stamp duty

5 Feb 2025

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Property Tax

HMRC

Tax Planning

Case Reports

Tax | Second-hand car dealer faces £600k VAT bill

HMRC chased the second-hand car dealer for over £600,000 as they believed he had failed to keep accurate sales records despite losing some in a flood

3 Feb 2025

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Personal Tax

VAT

HMRC

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Tax | HMRC threatened HICBC taxpayer with bailiffs

A father in receipt of child benefits was chased down by HMRC for a little over £1,000 threatening to seize his possessions to force him to pay up

30 Jan 2025

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Personal Tax

HMRC

Case Reports

Tax | Daisy & Ollie animator loses £1.1m EIS tax appeal

The animators of popular children’s cartoon Daisy & Ollie lost an appeal at the Upper Tribunal against tax relief wrongly claimed under enterprise investment scheme (EIS)

29 Jan 2025

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HMRC

Case Reports

Tax | High Court rules against HMRC in Mike Ashley data case

Businessman and former Newcastle owner, Mike Ashley has won a case about HMRC’s refusal to disclose all personal data used in a £13m tax dispute

28 Jan 2025

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HMRC

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Tax | Judge raps taxpayer over hyperbolic claims at £700k tribunal

A South African appellant has lost his appeal against historic tax assessments dating back to 1999 as well as penalties accrued over 17 years after deliberately failing to declare income despite ‘unjustifiable’ allegations of racism

27 Jan 2025

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Business Tax

Personal Tax

HMRC

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Tax | Bryan Robson faces tax bill over £300k Man Utd ambassador role

Former football legend Bryan Robson has partly won an appeal at the First Tier Tribunal after a dispute over his earnings and status as a club ambassador at Manchester United

22 Jan 2025

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Personal Tax

Case Reports

Tax | HMRC scolded by judge in £9k top slicing tax claim

An appellant, represented by her husband, has had her top slicing tax relief claim thrown out of the First Tier Tribunal despite ‘inordinate’ responses from HMRC

22 Jan 2025

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Personal Tax

HMRC

Tax Compliance

Case Reports

Tax | BlueCrest £200m tax case remains unresolved

The Court of Appeal has sent the long-running BlueCrest Capital LLP tax case over disputed disguised remuneration back to the First Tier Tribunal

21 Jan 2025

Tax

Business Tax

HMRC

Tax Compliance

Case Reports

Tax | No ‘solid grounds’ for £12.5m Luton hotel tax appeal

The developer of a hotel in Luton has lost a tribunal about whether it can reopen a decision about a multimillion claim for capital allowances

21 Jan 2025

Tax

Case Reports

Tax | Sunwarrior protein mix wins £800k VAT dispute

A superfood importer has won an £800,000 appeal against HMRC at the First Tier Tribunal as products did not contain enough carbohydrates to be considered a sports drink

20 Jan 2025

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VAT

HMRC

Case Reports

Tax | Tullow Oil cleared over £257m Ghana tax bill

London listed Tullow Oil has won an arbitration hearing over a multimillion pound tax demand from Ghana but is still fighting two further disputed tax bills

8 Jan 2025

Tax

International Tax

Case Reports

Tax | Charity and trustee lose £420k appeal

The First Tier Tribunal has dismissed the appeal of a charity and a trustee against two income tax assessments equating to over £270,000 and two closure notices worth £150,000

7 Jan 2025

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Personal Tax

Case Reports