Young's Recycling Group Limited and Angel Day (Third Party) v Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs

Decision date: 12 January 2011

Neutral citation: [2011] UKFTT 45 (TC)

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This case concerned whether Mrs Angela Day was entitled to Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) from 18 May 2008 and whether the employer (Young's Recycling Group Ltd) had in fact paid SMP and accounted for tax and National Insurance so as to displace an HMRC ruling that SMP was payable to 14 February 2009. The Tribunal found Mrs Day employed until 15 July 2008 and, in the absence of any written evidence showing payment of SMP and proper tax/NIC accounting (or documentary proof of any binding compromise), upheld HMRC’s ruling that SMP was payable for the stated period.

Ratio decidendi

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Where a taxpayer (or employer) challenges an HMRC ruling that SMP is payable, bare assertions or late unparticularised claims that SMP was paid or that a private compromise was reached do not displace the ruling; the claimant must produce clear documentary evidence of payment and of tax/NIC treatment to rebut HMRC’s determination.

Obiter dicta

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The Tribunal observed that acceptance by an employee of a lesser contractual payment or a private compromise is a private contractual matter which, without supporting documentary evidence (including evidence of payment and tax/NIC accounting), will not affect HMRC’s statutory ruling; similarly, parties given ample time to produce evidence cannot rely on unsupported assertions.

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