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McGreevy v Revenue and Customs: FTTTx 12 Sep 2017

Capital Gains Tax/Taxation of Chargeable Gains : Other – CAPITAL GAINS TAX – non-resident CGT return – penalties of Apounds 1,600 for failure to file return within 30 days of completion of house sale – whether disposal in 2015-16: not proved, so penalties not due – alternatively, whether assessment met requirements of paragraph 18 Schedule 55 FA 2009: no, but s 118 TMA applies – whether paragraph 4 Schedule 55 penalties properly imposed: no, Donaldson applies and no paragraph 4(1)(b) HMRC decision – whether reasonable excuse: yes – whether special circumstances decision by HMRC flawed: yes – decision that there were special circumstances substituted – penalties cancelled.

Citations:

[2017] UKFTT 690 (TC)

Links:

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Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Capital Gains Tax

Updated: 30 March 2022; Ref: scu.598980

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