Mr Alan Kincaid t/a A K Construction v Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs
Decision date: 6 April 2011
Neutral citation: [2011] UKFTT 225 (TC)
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Short overview
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This appeal concerned whether Mr Kincaid had a reasonable excuse under Schedule 11, paragraph 4(4) Finance Act 2004 for failing the paragraph 4(1) compliance test as at 19 March 2010 and whether paragraph 4(7) permitted finding of non-compliance by reason of expected post-qualifying period misconduct. The Tribunal found he did have a reasonable excuse as at 19 March 2010 and there was no basis to expect post-qualifying period non-compliance, and accordingly allowed the appeal and set aside the gross payment registration determination of 19 March 2010.
Ratio decidendi
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The Tribunal's decision indicates that a taxpayer can rely on a reasonable excuse under Schedule 11, paragraph 4(4) to avoid failure of the paragraph 4(1) compliance test as at a specified date, and that absence of evidence to expect non-compliance after the qualifying period means paragraph 4(7) cannot be used to establish failure.
Obiter dicta
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No clear obiter dicta are identifiable from the notes beyond the recorded findings.
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