In Supaglazing v HMRC [2018] UKFTT 712 (10 December 2018) the FTT found that discovery assessments issued by HMRC were valid as the taxpayer had been careless (FA 1998 Sch 18).
Mrs Jones was the majority shareholder company secretary and a director of Supaglazing a company with a turnover of £4.1m. The company’s compliance record was dismal due to a lack of ‘satisfactory accounting controls’ and included having to defend a civil evasion penalty (for which it was eventually found not to be liable) the issue of two distraint orders by HMRC and even a visit by auctioneers who were under instruction from HMRC to seize all the assets of the business thus closing down the company. A sum of £80 000 was paid by Mrs Jones the following day thus avoiding seizure.
Supaglazing appealed against three discovery assessments for the periods ending 30...
