GN Khan v The Commissioners for HMRC
Decision date: 9 July 2024
Neutral citation: [2024] UKFTT 615 (TC)
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Short overview
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This case concerns discovery income tax assessments and Schedule 41 penalties relating to undeclared rental income for 2004/05–2012/13. The Tribunal upheld the discovery assessments but found the taxpayer made an unprompted disclosure to HMRC on 11 December 2013, so the Schedule 41 penalties were reduced to reflect an unprompted disclosure (62.5% of Potential Lost Revenue). The appeal was otherwise dismissed.
Ratio decidendi
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The taxpayer’s approach to HMRC informing them of a failure to notify tax liabilities can amount to an "unprompted disclosure" under Schedule 41 even if full details were not provided at that initial contact; the timing, nature and extent of information disclosed affect the disclosure’s quality and therefore the appropriate reduction from the standard penalty percentage.
Obiter dicta
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The Tribunal noted (obiter) that tribunal discretion to admit late evidence might be exercised in the interests of fairness where representation was instructed late and the evidence is central, and that absence of a formal LPC reference or system entry does not necessarily negate that a disclosure occurred if contemporaneous posting/delivery/processing records support it.