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HMRC v Tooth

[2021] UKSC 17
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
Year2021
Statusunclear

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

Related Cases

Commissioner of Taxation v Consolidated Media Holdings Ltd (2012) 250 CLR 503
Federal Commissioner of Taxation v Consolidated Media Holdings Ltd (Statutory Construction) [2012] HCA 55
Aid/Watch Inc v Commissioner of Taxation (2010) 241 CLR 539

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