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Action points, issue 4617

25 September 2017
Issue: 4617 / Categories: For Action

Put your client admin into motion.

  • Look through the HMRC and Road Haulage Association factsheet on lorry drivers’ overnight allowances. If you have clients affected by the relaxed requirements for receipts contact them to ensure they understand the new rules.

 

  • The decision in Bailey shows the importance of burden of proof in tax appeals. HMRC must satisfy the burden when raising a discovery assessment – the taxpayer does not have to explain why his behaviour was careless HMRC must show that it was.

 

  • Advisers who have complained to HMRC on behalf of a client and have exhausted its internal complaints process should consider...

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