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DISCOVERY-ASSESSMENTS


A 20 questions guide, by Adam Craggs and Constantine Christofi (RPC).
A recent Upper Tribunal decision provides a useful refresher of the steps that can be taken to reduce the possibility of HMRC successfully making a discovery, writes Helen Adams (BDO).
Andrew Goldstone and Stuart Adams (Mishcon de Reya) review the latest tax developments affecting private clients.
The judgment in Tooth increases the weight of authority behind the issue of 'staleness', but that concept is not yet settled.
Although the Court of Appeal decided that HMRC had not made a discovery, the judgment contains unhelpful comments for taxpayers, as Clara Boyd and Ian Robotham (Pinsent Masons) explain.
The 2019 loan charge teaches us that there is more to statutory time limits than the technical analysis, write Richard Jeens and Rose Swaffield (Slaughter and May). 
 
Helen Adams (BDO) considers the extent of HMRC's powers on discovery in the light of recent case law.
Josie Hills and Steven Porter (Pinsent Masons) explore when a discovery by HMRC is considered stale following recent case law.
 

Adam Craggs and Constantine Christofi (RPC) examine the First-tier Tribunal decision.

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