Ultimately, the views expressed here on both sides of the debate have some power but HMRC is a different beast.
They are not above the law. They have to obey a decision made in Court and if that decision is true, honest, balanced and legally sound, it matters not what they HMRC think.
True, they have in the past lost a case and changed the law. Fine, let them do that here, because it will remove all the prior years.
(I cannot imagine the challenges that would erupt should they lose the case and legislate retrospectively. Even in my nightmares I do not see that scenario).
here, they have no final position. getting a final answer on most cases will be a long and tortuous legal process and eventually enough people wanting to settle on a reasonable argument will carry weight.
If you don't believe that for whatever reason (conspiracy theory to political fix to general uncommercial stubborness), then nothing is going to fix that loss of faith.
If you believe, that HMRC will have to recognise the power of a sensible, technical and logical argument and that if they don't a Court may force them to, then join up and sign on for the long haul.
They are not above the law. They have to obey a decision made in Court and if that decision is true, honest, balanced and legally sound, it matters not what they HMRC think.
True, they have in the past lost a case and changed the law. Fine, let them do that here, because it will remove all the prior years.
(I cannot imagine the challenges that would erupt should they lose the case and legislate retrospectively. Even in my nightmares I do not see that scenario).
here, they have no final position. getting a final answer on most cases will be a long and tortuous legal process and eventually enough people wanting to settle on a reasonable argument will carry weight.
If you don't believe that for whatever reason (conspiracy theory to political fix to general uncommercial stubborness), then nothing is going to fix that loss of faith.
If you believe, that HMRC will have to recognise the power of a sensible, technical and logical argument and that if they don't a Court may force them to, then join up and sign on for the long haul.
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