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HMRC Penalties For Undeclared Income: Failure To Notify, Schedule 41 And How To Appeal
Never told HMRC about income or a gain? Schedule 41 penalties run from 0% to 100% of the tax. How the percentage is set, how to cut it, and how to appeal.
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Tax Residence Appeals: Challenging HMRC Under The Statutory Residence Test
HMRC says you were UK-resident in a year you lived abroad. Since 2013, residence is a mechanical statutory test, so these are evidence appeals won on day counts, homes and ties, with the burden on you. How the Statutory Residence Test works and how to challenge an assessment.
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Challenging A Best-Judgment VAT Assessment
HMRC has assessed VAT it thinks you owe—often after a control visit or mark-up exercise—and the number looks too high. How a best-judgment assessment works, whether it is in time, why attacking HMRC's method rarely wins, and the pay-or-deposit rule that can block your appeal.
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Partnership Tax Appeals: Who Actually Fights HMRC, And Why It Binds You
HMRC amended your partnership return and your tax bill went up—but you're told you can't appeal yourself. Here's why partnership disputes are fought once, by the nominated partner, and bind everyone: the s.12AC enquiry, the s.28B closure, profit-allocation rows, and partnership penalties.
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Private Residence Relief: Appealing A CGT Bill On The Sale Of Your Home
Sold a home and HMRC has reduced or refused private residence relief? A plain-English guide to how PRR really works, the five flashpoints HMRC uses to restrict it, what changed in April 2020, and how to appeal an assessment or closure notice.
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Savings And Investment Income Appeals: Tax On Interest And Dividends
HMRC says you owe tax on your bank interest or dividends—often for years you never had to think about. A plain-English guide to why this is happening, the date-sensitive allowances HMRC and taxpayers keep getting wrong, and how to challenge a P800, a Simple Assessment or an ISA ruling.
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Capital Allowances Appeals: When HMRC Cuts Your Claim
HMRC has reduced or refused your capital allowances claim—usually because it says the asset isn't 'plant'. A plain-English guide for sole traders and company directors: the plant test, the rates (the main rate was cut to 14% from April 2026), the fixtures trap, and how to appeal.
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VAT Input Tax Appeals: When HMRC Refuses Your VAT Reclaim
HMRC has refused, capped or clawed back the input VAT you reclaimed—or says your purchases were 'connected to fraud'. A plain-English guide for VAT-registered businesses: why reclaiming VAT is a conditional right, the invalid-invoice trap, blocked items, and how to appeal.
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Appealing A Pension Tax Charge: Annual Allowance, Unauthorised Payments And More
An unexpected HMRC pension tax charge has landed—an annual allowance charge, an unauthorised payments charge, an old lifetime allowance charge, or refused contribution relief. A plain-English guide: how each charge works, who is assessed, and the real grounds of challenge.
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Appealing HMRC On Your Job Expenses And Benefits: An Employee's Guide
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.
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Appealing HMRC On Rental Income: A Landlord's Guide
Had an HMRC letter about rental income—a Let Property Campaign nudge, a discovery assessment, or an enquiry into your expenses? A plain-English guide for accidental landlords: how rental tax really works, the mortgage-interest shock, and how to challenge an assessment or penalty.
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Corporation Tax Appeals: Challenging An HMRC Decision On Your Company's Tax
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.