Harish Patel v Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs
Decision date: 3 February 2011
Neutral citation: [2011] UKFTT 104 (TC)
Overall AI summary confidence: medium
Short overview
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Mr Harish Patel applied under s 55 TMA to postpone tax assessed for 1989‑90 to 2007‑08. The tribunal found there were reasonable grounds to believe he had been overcharged for 1989‑90 to 1995‑96 (assessments described as Case V interest) and allowed postponement for those years, but dismissed the postponement application for 1996‑97 to 2007‑08 (described as Foreign Income).
Ratio decidendi
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The tribunal applied the s 55 TMA reasonable‑grounds test and held that where protective assessments relate to Case V interest and the supplied evidence (including bank/account details and a statutory declaration) suggests a likely overcharge, postponement may be justified; by contrast, materially different later assessments (here described as Foreign Income for 1996‑97 onward) did not meet the s 55 test and were not postponed.
Obiter dicta
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The notes record an incomplete reference to s 55(6A) and mention accompanying procedural guidance for parties; these passages appear to be explanatory or procedural observations rather than essential to the decision, but the notes are insufficient to treat them as clear binding dicta.
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