Half of HMRC penalties overturned
New figures released today show that 53% of penalties issued to taxpayers for late filing were issued incorrectly.
Nearly half of the 15,083 penalty cases examined under HMRC’s new internal review system, which was implemented on 1 April 2009, were either withdrawn or reduced because taxpayers provided evidence that they had reasonable excuse for late filing.
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Penalties for LLP's
Seems a bit unfair that for an incorporated organisation, even though it is a partnership, for each individual partner to be fined £100 for late filing. Actually the activation code arrived after the due date despite being applied for well before that date, so I have appealed on these grounds initially.
However surely LLP's should be treated differently to ordinary partnerships. Individual directors are fined if the company tax return is late so why LLP Partners?
Jon Harris