Constantin Surugiu v The Commissioners for HMRC
Decision date: 19 October 2026
Neutral citation: [2026] UKFTT 1460 (TC)
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Short overview
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This appeal concerned eleven HMRC penalties (2018–2022) totalling £2,796 and broader complaints by the appellant about alleged long-running identity fraud and other tax liabilities. Permission to bring the appeal out of time was granted and HMRC conceded the penalties, so the Tribunal allowed (cancelled) those eleven penalties. The Tribunal declined to determine the appellant's wider complaints or alleged liabilities because no appealable HMRC decisions on those matters were before it.
Ratio decidendi
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The Tribunal's jurisdiction is statutory and limited to appealable decisions properly identified and notified in the proceedings; it will not determine disputes about liabilities or administrative complaints unless there is an appealable statutory decision before it.
Obiter dicta
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The Tribunal indicated that the volume or seriousness of allegations (for example, alleged identity fraud) does not convert non-appealable matters into appealable decisions, and it will not make findings on fraud or administrative failings where no appealable decision relating to those allegations has been presented.
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