Taxing summer for Rogers and Norton HMRC Team

The team is also busy on a variety of other HMRC and Border Force matters. They recently successfully advised a company concerning the detention of a consignment of shavers imported from Singapore. They have also advised an EU business firm supplying and transporting unprocessed raw tobacco. This is an extremely contentious area as whilst there is currently no excise duty payable on the product, HMRC are concerned that it presents a significant threat to the Exchequer. It was important that all the issues and ramifications of the venture were clearly and succinctly detailed to the company involved, to avoid serious implications in the future.

Peter’s team is able to assist with both civil and criminal investigations instigated by HMRC, the appointments of Provisional Liquidators, appealing the refusal to register an applicant as an owner of excise goods under the Warehouse keepers and Owners of Warehoused Goods Regulations 1999 and Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme (AWRS). The team also assists with VAT issues and Coding issues. The value of claims ranges from low thousands of pounds to sums that exceed £1 million.