Shomar Uddin/Greenleaf (Lothian) Ltd (T/A Eastern Eye) v Revenue and Customs: VDT 1 Jun 2005

VDT Assessment – restaurant business founded by A in 1996 – taken over as going concern by B Ltd – A not a director – but became company secretary after lapse of time – dishonesty – invigilation – calculation and assessment from 1996. Period restricted to the time of operation of company – and assessment reduced accordingly.
Whether to best judgement – allegations about conduct of Customs officers in general and in particular – rejected.
Penalty – proved dishonesty of A at the time of a particular invigilation – extent of time in which A had engaged in dishonest conduct – no evidence before company formation: penalty restricted.

Judges:

T Gordon Coutts, QC

Citations:

[2005] UKVAT V19135

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Updated: 04 July 2022; Ref: scu.230173