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FTT holds HMRC discovery assessment invalid for R&D relief; hypothetical officer needn’t quantify insufficiency under FA 1998 Sch 18 para 44 (Realbuzz Group Ltd v HMRC)

Published on: 13 May 2025

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FTT determines discovery assessment invalid in relation to R&D relief claim (Realbuzz Group Ltd v HMRC)

Realbuzz Group Ltd v HMRC [2025] UKFTT 493 (TC) The company submitted an amended return for the accounting period ending 30 April 2020 that included a claim for R&D relief, supported by an R&D report spanning multiple projects. Its return for the year to 30 April 2021 likewise featured an R&D relief claim. HMRC opened an enquiry into the 2021 return and, in 2023, issued a closure notice rejecting that claim. It also raised an assessment for 2020 on the basis that some of the 2021 projects had commenced in 2019, which meant the 2020 return would have contained errors. It was accepted that the 2020 claim was excessive and that HMRC had made a discovery. The sole point for the FTT was the company’s submission that HMRC was not entitled to issue a discovery assessment because the statutory restriction in paragraph 44 of Schedule 18 to the Finance Act 1998 (FA 1998) applied...

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