Cases
Hit with £10-a-day penalties up to £900 on top of the £100? You suspect HMRC botched the paperwork. Donaldson v HMRC tested exactly that hope—and the taxpayer lost. Here is where the real openings are.
Issues
Had an HMRC letter clawing back job expenses, taxing a company car or benefit, or taxing part of your redundancy payment? A plain-English guide for employees: why the deduction rules are so strict, what you can really claim, and how to challenge an assessment or penalty.
Cases
You filed your return, disclosed everything, and heard nothing—then years later a discovery assessment arrives. Langham v Veltema explains the 'hypothetical officer' test, why silence isn't protection, and how to disclose so HMRC can't reopen your year.
Cases
HMRC already knew what you owed from PAYE, so surely the notice to file was pointless and the penalty invalid? Goldsmith v HMRC says no—but it leaves four other arguments wide open.
Guides
Border Force seized your alcohol, tobacco or car? There are two separate routes—and a one-month trap. Why the tax tribunal cannot order your goods back, when it can still help, and the deadline that closes first.
Issues
HMRC has questioned your company's corporation tax? Companies sit in their own code—Schedule 18 FA 1998—so deadlines, discovery gateways and penalties differ from the income-tax rules. A director's guide to enquiries, discovery, penalties, director's loans and how to appeal.
Cases
An unrepresented appellant backed her CGT penalty appeal with nine tribunal decisions—and not one of them existed. They were AI-generated. Harber v HMRC is the UK's leading warning on fabricated case law, and a guide to finding the real thing.
Issues
You left the UK, you're non-resident, your s.690 workday split cut UK income tax to your UK days—so why is there a National Insurance bill on 100% of your salary, both sides? Because NIC is a separate system with its own rules.
Cases
A first-tier judge called HMRC's conduct unconscionable and cancelled the penalty. The Upper Tribunal restored every penny. Hok v HMRC explains why the tax tribunal cannot fix unfairness—and where your fairness argument actually belongs.
Guides
A V5 letter instead of a VAT number? HMRC's verification questionnaires decoded, the deadlines that bite, and why the tribunal can't fix delay.
Issues
Run a UK company from abroad and HMRC is querying where your business belongs? Why it's a company-level test, why being overseas can mean a nil VAT threshold, and what you can appeal.
Issues
HMRC sent you a letter about your online sales, and the headlines are alarming. Here's what the new platform-reporting rules actually mean—and why most people who get one of these letters owe nothing at all.