On 1st February, Accountancy Daily reported that HMRC has won an appeal at the Court of Appeal over its decision to serve an information request to a long-standing non-UK resident, in a landmark decision about the scope of the tax authority’s powers beyond the UK borders. The case concerns Tony Jimenez, the former co-owner of Charlton Athletic football club and a previous vice-president of Newcastle United, who has not been resident in the UK since 2002.
https://www.accountancydaily.co/court-confirms-hmrc-information-powers-extend-overseas