Simon Sweetman looks at the House of Lords decision in Jones v Garnett and how we got there
So after all this time — the Special Commissioners (won by HMRC on a penalty shootout) the High Court (won by HMRC) and the Court of Appeal (won by the taxpayer) Jones v Garnett is over: the appeal by HMRC has been turned down. It is important to realise that although the verdict was the same the reasoning in the Lords has been completely different and we need to see how and whether our understanding of the various issues may have been clarified.
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Simon Sweetman looks at the House of Lords decision in Jones v Garnett and how we got there
So after all this time — the Special Commissioners (won by HMRC on a penalty shootout) the High Court (won by HMRC) and the Court of Appeal (won by the taxpayer) Jones v Garnett is over: the appeal by HMRC has been turned down. It is important to realise that although the verdict was the same the reasoning in the Lords has been completely different and we need to see how and whether our understanding of the various issues may have been clarified.
The Facts
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