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Another ESCapade

22 July 2014 / Keith M Gordon
Issue: 4461 / Categories: Comment & Analysis , Admin , Compliance , Self assessment

HMRC’s dubious claims about P14s’ relevance for the purposes of extra-statutory concession A19

KEY POINTS

  • The main benefit of ESC A19 is to PAYE taxpayers.
  • HMRC’s argument that the form P14 is not relevant information.
  • A form p14 may be relevant depending on the year of claim.
  • Apparent lack of evidence behind HMRC’s decision-making process.
  • A departmental reluctance to provide information.

Many readers will be familiar with my concerns about HMRC’s change of practice in relation to extra-statutory concession A19 (ESC A19). The concession promises that HMRC will waive outstanding tax liabilities in situations where they had failed to act on information supplied to them in a reasonable time.

Although ESC A19 does not specifically apply only to taxpayers outside the scope of self assessment its main value is with such taxpayers.

For a fuller account I refer to my previous articles...

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