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HMRC v Tooth
[2021] UKSC 17
Key Principle
The Supreme Court held that a deliberate inaccuracy in a tax return under s.29(4) Finance Act 1998 requires the taxpayer to have been aware that the return was inaccurate; the extended assessment period does not apply to merely negligent errors.
Area of Law
tax
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