Darren Munns v Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs
Decision date: 15 September 2009
Neutral citation: [2009] UKFTT 290 (TC)
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Short overview
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This appeal challenged HMRC's decision to withdraw Mr Munns' gross payment status under the Construction Industry Scheme after a compliance check. The Tribunal found his CIS returns met the regulatory tolerances but several income tax payments fell outside the tolerances in Regulation 32 and he had no reasonable excuse for those late payments. The appeal was dismissed and deregistration upheld.
Ratio decidendi
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Where income tax payments fall outside the tolerances set by Regulation 32, the compliance test in Schedule 11 is failed unless the taxpayer shows a statutory "reasonable excuse" under paragraph 4(4); predictable cashflow problems or customers paying late do not, without more, constitute such a reasonable excuse.
Obiter dicta
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The Tribunal indicated that an unexpected, out-of-the-ordinary event might in some cases amount to a reasonable excuse, and noted that subsequent rectifying of affairs and a good historical record, while relevant to context, do not themselves satisfy the statutory reasonable-excuse requirement.
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