Saturday 12 December 2009

Fairer and more reasonable - equitable liability survives

Not all was bad news in the Pre-Budget Report. I wrote in September about HM Revenue & Customs' intention to abolish the practice of Equitable Liability. I said that if HMRC thought they did not have a legal basis for this discretionary power then legislation could correct this. Mr. Darling is to introduce just such a measure.

I think this is a rare victory for the taxpayer and I congratulate Keith Gordon for his campaign and petition which I feel must have contributed to this change of heart.

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