HMRC has been allowed a budget of just under £999,660 to advertise the marriage allowance.
SME Tax News
In Spring Salmon & Seafood Limited v HMRC the Upper Tribunal (UT) held that HMRC were prevented from assessing PAYE and NICs due to a previous undertaking they had given to the company.
The introduction of the tapered annual allowance means that some individuals will see their allowable pension contributions for the 2016/17 tax year reduced to just £10,000.
On 5 July 2016 the Welsh Government published the draft Land Transaction Tax and Anti-avoidance of Devolved Taxes (Wales) Bill setting out proposals for the introduction of the Welsh Land Transaction Tax (LTT) which will replace Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) in April 2018.
In Jane Borton t/a Contract Build v HMRC [2016] UKFTT TC05224 the First Tier Tribunal (FTT) agreed that the input VAT paid on the purchase of a car by a sole trader could be reclaimed.
In GDR Food Technology Limited v HMRC [2016] TC05219 investors were denied SEIS relief after the company's advisors submitted an EIS compliance statement to HMRC instead of an SEIS one.
In Zipvit Ltd v HMRC the Upper Tribunal confirmed the First Tier Tribunal’s decision that Zipvit could not reclaim input VAT in respect of services received which were wrongly invoiced as exempt.
In R Stayton v HMRC [2016] TC05104 the First Tier Tribunal (FTT) found that a property developer’s wife who sold a house she never lived in was not trading.
In R King & Others v HMRC [2016] TC05163, the First Tier Tribunal (FTT) found that the members of an LLP could declare a different profit share in their personal returns if they believed that the figure in the partnership return was incorrect.
In Wholesale Clearance UK Ltd v HMRC [2016] UKFTT a company's failure to reconcile its VAT to its turnover resulted in a £17k VAT bill.