HMRC enquiries for EBT schemes through SANZAR

[costo]

Help Needed

It's hard to know if the majority of people who are reading this thread are affected or not, regardless of if you are or are not affected your support in this matter is urgently needed.

What is being proposed in the consultancy document gives HMRC powers that allow them to judge people "guilty until proven innocent" and force money to be paid without any court hearing. Could you imagine if you suddenly got a bill for more money than you could possibly afford, that you would be forced to sell your family home or go bankrupt? If you have children can you imagine how this will affect them, when they have done nothing wrong?

If you can empathise, please please take just 5 mins to help us (final date to respond is the 24th of Feb), we need as many people to object to what is being proposed as possible - the last document (Raising the stakes on Tax Avoidance) only 31 people responded (most of those professional bodies), we need many many more.

The letter NTRT guys have put together can be used a template (or even just sign it and send it in)

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If you were in the situation some of us were in, would you not want to ask everyone possible to help?

[tax is taxing]

Thanks

NTRT have prepared a template letter for people to respond to the consultation. Please alter it in your own words.

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Some people will say it won't count if everyone sends similar letters but HMRC will have to report to the Minister how many responses they got. So every letter does count.

Many thanks DR. I found this kit tremendously useful. Mine is in.

[snowfall]

NTRT have prepared a template letter

I have submitted a response inspired by a few sections in the template. Thank you.

[blackrose]

Can I have the template please

hi, cold I have template copy of the HMRC appeal letter for Sanzar EBT scheme
request admin to allow me to receive PM
Thank you

hi, can I have template copy of the HMRC appeal letter for Sanzar EBT scheme
request admin to allow me to receive PM?
Thank you

[BernardOKelly]

Rangers EBT Appeal Hearing scheduled for 24 February 2014

The Rangers appeal hearing before the Upper Tribunal is scheduled for 24 February 2014 - 21 March 2014. In the normal course of events, you would expect a decision to be published about 6 weeks later. But given the length of time scheduled for the hearing and the importance of the case, it may take a little longer.

This is an important not least because of the publicity it will generate. I would be surprised however if this will be the last hearing on the matter as I would expect it to be appealed further regardless of the outcome.

There are 5 companies involved (only one of which has Rangers in its name.)
http://www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/...s-register.pdf

[z4thras]

NTRT have prepared a template letter for people to respond to the consultation. Please alter it in your own words.

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Some people will say it won't count if everyone sends similar letters but HMRC will have to report to the Minister how many responses they got. So every letter does count.

I have sent my response in.. thanks for the heads up on link

[Old Kent Road]

HMRC consultation response

Sent my consultation response to HMRC.

The HMRC deadline is this coming Monday 24 Feb at 23:45, so opportunity to respond will be gone very soon.

Can I encourage all Sanzar scheme users to send a response, taking inspiration from the toolkit on the NTRT link if needed. Sanzar along with most (if not all?) other schemes on this sub-forum is DOTAS registered, so very likely to be targeted by payment notices later this year, should this HMRC proposal be legalised.

[SantaClaus]

Last chance to stop the proposed "pay disputed tax upfront" legislation

Dear all

Just a reminder that this weekend is your last chance to respond to the proposed legislation on ‘Tackling marketed tax avoidance’.

As you probably know, the Government intends to introduce an accelerated payment measure which will give HMRC the power to link your tax affairs to another person's case and demand money up front, with no right of appeal.

If HMRC are granted these powers, it will allow them to demand almost immediate payment of disputed tax before you have had the chance to have your case heard at the tax tribunal (FTT).

If you do one thing this weekend, be sure to spend 10 minutes firing off an email to ask that these proposals are rejected. This is your last chance, so don't bury your heads in the sand!

See here for exact instructions... Latest News | No To Retrospective Taxation

With apologies and many thanks to everyone who has already responded!

Regards

Santa

[Shrek77]

Recent response from hmrc

I have received a letter over the weekend from hmrc that I am yet to discuss with my accountant but from how I am reading it they are basically saying they want the assessment figure previously demanded due to them winning the "Philip Boyle" case! .

Has anyone else received this?

Has anyone else read the Boyle case decision?

[DonkeyRhubarb]

I have received a letter over the weekend from hmrc that I am yet to discuss with my accountant but from how I am reading it they are basically saying they want the assessment figure previously demanded due to them winning the "Philip Boyle" case! .

Has anyone else received this?

Has anyone else read the Boyle case decision?

There is an analysis of Boyle here:
boyle v hmrc | Ensign Taxation

I think there is real risk that, if HMRC get the proposed new "follower case" legislation, they will use Boyle to hit other schemes with payment notices.