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Many of you will be off enjoying half-term this week so we will keep this editorial short.
Hello
Many of you will be off enjoying half-term this week so we will keep this editorial short.
Extra-statutory concessions (ESCs) covering input VAT prior to insolvency, non-resident trusts and inheritance tax on woodlands will be enacted into legislation from 6 April 2017.
The ICAEW have published Tax Representation 15/17 ‘Workers’ Services provided to public sector through intermediaries’. It highlights a number of concerns with the proposed changes for Personal Service Companies (PSCs) working in the public sector, and suggests that they be postponed until 2018.
HMRC have published their Employer Bulletin for February 2017. We summarise the key content for you, with links to our detailed guidance on the topics covered.
In M Najib & Sons Limited v HMRC [2017] TC5641 the First-Tier Tribunal (FTT) agreed with HMRC that mileage payments for commuting and health insurance payments were earnings and subject to Class 1 NIC despite later repayment by the Directors.
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We have some really outstanding new content for you this week. My highlights are as follows:
In Richard Thomas v HMRC [2016] UKFTT 0735 the First Tier Tribunal (FTT) allowed the taxpayer to make late Class 2 NIC payments and carry them back to earlier years.
In Parklane UK Investments Limited v HMRC [2016] UKFTT 0803 the First Tier Tribunal (FTT) found that HMRC were wrong not to suspend a VAT penalty simply because the company joined a VAT group and was no longer registered in its own name.