Philip Leslie Jinks v The Commissioners for HMRC

Decision date: 17 May 2023

Neutral citation: [2023] UKFTT 431 (TC)

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Short overview

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This appeal challenged HMRC conduct and sought relief for asserted overpayments and business losses; HMRC applied to strike it out for lack of jurisdiction. The First-tier Tribunal held it had no jurisdiction to entertain complaints amounting to judicial‑review‑type challenges to HMRC decision‑makers, to hear data‑protection complaints, or to extend statutory time limits for Self Assessment overpayment claims, and found the loss claims unsubstantiated. The Tribunal allowed HMRC’s strike‑out application and struck out the appeal in full.

Ratio decidendi

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The Tribunal’s operative ratio is that the Tax Chamber of the First‑tier Tribunal lacks jurisdiction to adjudicate complaints that in substance seek judicial review of HMRC officials’ conduct or fairness; data‑protection complaints are not within the Tax Chamber’s remit; and overpayment relief claims under Self Assessment must be made within the statutory procedures and time limits (which the Tribunal has no power to extend) and cannot be revived by late letters that do not constitute appealable decisions.

Obiter dicta

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The judgment indicates (obiter) that deciding a jurisdictional strike‑out application on the papers can be appropriate where delay and the available material make further pleadings unnecessary, and that loss claims must be particularised and substantiated with corroborating evidence rather than bare schedules.

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