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Originally posted by Rob79 View PostBecause GAAR is retroactive. Until a scheme has been actually executed, a GAAR cannot apply.
For the sake of argument, say a scheme has been whirring away for several years unchallenged by HMRC. At some point it is submitted to the GAAR and is deemed an avoidant scheme.
Now the GAAR accepts that arrangements are put in place to gain an advantage and it will rule on arrangements that are abusive. The GAAR is not retrospective. It only applies to tax arrangements entered into on or after 17 July 2013.
So what happens when the GAAR views one of the current schemes as abusive?Comment
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Originally posted by jbryce View PostNot sure I get you (but having been in a scheme does illustrate that I'm not the sharpest).
For the sake of argument, say a scheme has been whirring away for several years unchallenged by HMRC. At some point it is submitted to the GAAR and is deemed an avoidant scheme.
Now the GAAR accepts that arrangements are put in place to gain an advantage and it will rule on arrangements that are abusive. The GAAR is not retrospective. It only applies to tax arrangements entered into on or after 17 July 2013.
So what happens when the GAAR views one of the current schemes as abusive?
A key question therefore will be "Did the arrangements exist before the key date and payments etc made after that date are as a result of those arrangements, or is EACH occasion of payment a separate arrangement allowing GAAR to kick in from the due date?"
I don't know the answer to that question. Common sense tells me that if you arranged to be paid in a particular way several years ago and have not changed them, then it should be safe from GAAR.
Legal analysis tells me that if something happens to change the previous arrangements, no matter how minor, then arguably they are new, possibly post July 13, arrangements. So would a minor change be for instance, changing a bank account or could that be ignored as not being part of the arrangement? Would asking your intermediary to bill a new contractor be a minor change but enough to trigger the rules? Where is the line?
It will be a minimum of 5 years before we see GAAR deployed in anger. Even then I would expect it to apply to post July 13 schemes to begin with in order to avoid losing the above point and perhaps a dozen others that might invalidate the issue. HMRC will want a big bang and a "safe as houses" application as no doubt the taxpayer on the other end will want to throw the proverbial at it if they have the means.
I fear that a lot of "non DOTAS'able" schemes presently in the market are going to be prime targets.Comment
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Originally posted by Rob79 View PostYou are correct in that the GAAR is not retrospective. It applies to "arrangements" after 17 July 2013. Note that it's not "tax" arrangements, just arrangements.
A key question therefore will be "Did the arrangements exist before the key date and payments etc made after that date are as a result of those arrangements, or is EACH occasion of payment a separate arrangement allowing GAAR to kick in from the due date?"
I don't know the answer to that question. Common sense tells me that if you arranged to be paid in a particular way several years ago and have not changed them, then it should be safe from GAAR.
Legal analysis tells me that if something happens to change the previous arrangements, no matter how minor, then arguably they are new, possibly post July 13, arrangements. So would a minor change be for instance, changing a bank account or could that be ignored as not being part of the arrangement? Would asking your intermediary to bill a new contractor be a minor change but enough to trigger the rules? Where is the line?
It will be a minimum of 5 years before we see GAAR deployed in anger. Even then I would expect it to apply to post July 13 schemes to begin with in order to avoid losing the above point and perhaps a dozen others that might invalidate the issue. HMRC will want a big bang and a "safe as houses" application as no doubt the taxpayer on the other end will want to throw the proverbial at it if they have the means.
I fear that a lot of "non DOTAS'able" schemes presently in the market are going to be prime targets.Comment
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Originally posted by jbryce View PostBut five years??? That means that the current raft of schemes will continue to attract the gullible for a while longer and that their pain will be even greater when HMRC bites.Comment
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Originally posted by Rob79 View PostYESComment
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Originally posted by jbryce View PostSo HMRC wait 5 years to get their act together and the scheme suppliers ride the train for another five years? That's truly cr@p.
And make things as hard as possible for Garraway and other scam merchants...merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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