Budget 2014: HMRC probes 'misuse' of VCTs and EISs

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People looking to establish tax avoidance schemes will have to pay due taxes to HMRC upfront before applying to get it back through the courts, Chancellor George Osborne has announced.

This new power will remove the cashflow advantage for the taxpayer of holding onto the disputed tax during an avoidance dispute. It will also provide HMRC with additional tools to address a legacy stock of an estimated 65,000 avoidance cases. The new power will only apply to tax avoidance schemes that are disputed by HMRC. HMRC will only be able to issue an accelerated payment notice where they have first sent the taxpayer an enquiry notice or issued them with a notice of assessment. It is not a new tax demand and does not make any changes to tax liabilities. If the taxpayer ...

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