HM Revenue and Customs v Wilkes: CA 7 Dec 2022

Whether the appellants, HM Revenue and Customs, can issue a ‘discovery assessment’ pursuant to section 29 of the Taxes Management Act 1970 where they learn that a taxpayer who has neither delivered a tax return in respect of the material year nor been notified of a requirement to do so was liable for high income child benefit charge.

Judges:

Lord Justice Newey

Lord Justice Baker
And

Lord Justice Arnold

Citations:

[2022] EWCA Civ 1612

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Taxes Management

Updated: 20 December 2022; Ref: scu.683783