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Court of Appeal (England and Wales): HMRC can apply CIS Reg 9 after Reg 13; judicial review available; strict enforcement inappropriate where no tax loss (Beech Developments v HMRC)

Published on: 15 May 2024

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Beech Developments (Manchester) Ltd and others v HMRC [2024] EWCA Civ 486

There are two distinct regimes within the Income Tax (Construction Industry Scheme) Regulations 2005 (SI 2005/2045). Regulation 9 permits HMRC, where it is fair and reasonable, to refrain from collecting CIS duties, while regulation 13 deals with both the collection and enforcement of liabilities actually due. The decision exposed how these parallel provisions fail to dovetail neatly. Under regulation 9 of the CIS Regulations (SI 2005/2045), HMRC may decline to pursue CIS deductions in specified situations. One such instance is where HMRC is satisfied that the recipient has already returned the income on their own tax returns, since pressing for payment again would amount to double taxation. The case highlighted the practical tension between discretionary non-collection and the machinery for enforcing sums assessed in practice...

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