Tennyson v Revenue and Customs: FTTTx 15 Feb 2011

Self-assessment – penalty – interest – surcharge for late payment of tax – whether insufficiency of funds a reasonable excuse – no – whether taxpayer’s use of funds a reasonable excuse – no – whether HMRC had discretion to mitigate interest – no – whether HMRC had discretion to mitigate surcharge – yes – HMRC’s failure to exercise discretion – whether Tribunal had power to review failure to exercise discretion – no – appeal dismissed.

[2011] UKFTT 119 (TC)
Bailii
England and Wales

Income Tax

Updated: 18 January 2022; Ref: scu.442897