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In Raymond Tooth v HMRC [2019] EWCA 826 the Court of Appeal confirmed that HMRC's delay in raising a discovery assessment rendered it invalid. 

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We are taking a break from reporting cases this week, as we have picked out quite a diverse range of news items and we also have a bumper capital taxes update.

The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) has published a report ‘Simplifying everyday tax for smaller business’, It suggests that there is much the government can do to make life easier for small and micro business.

The Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has opened a consultation on ‘Corporate transparency and register reform’.  This considers wide ranging and radical reforms.

Some employers have been applying Scottish PAYE codes to Welsh taxpayers in error. The Welsh Assembly have blamed this error on HMRC. HMRC's Jim Harra has responded to say that HMRC is not at fault.

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This week we are launching our new Transactions in Securities 'secret' weapon: the TAAR tool. 

  1. New guidance on Making VAT digital
  2. ER success: Preference shares were Ordinary shares
  3. VAT registration required: Taxi firm owner was not an agent
  4. HMRC delay frustrates Discovery Assessment
  5. Nichola's SME Tax W-date 3 May 2019