A Summary Of The British Tax System

Author : Roswell Magill
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781334802782
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book A Summary of the British Tax System written by Roswell Magill and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-12-28 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Summary of the British Tax System: With Special Reference to Its Administration In the second place, as heretofore stated, the inspectors are given authority to settle tax liability finally, and are judged by their ability to do so satisfactorily. The evidence we secured indicates that the inspector seeks to arrive at a fair result, giving the taxpayer the benefit of any deductions or relief justified by the law, whether the taxpayer has formally claimed them or not. Hence the taxpayer and his professional advisers are willing to lay the facts before the inspector completely, with the reasonable assurance that a sound and equitable decision will be made. Most of the appeals which go to the commissioners and certainly most of those which go to the courts involve unique points of law, indicating that the great mass of ordinary questions of business expenses, depreciation, bad debts, losses, and the like are settled between the inspector and the tax payer, without extended controversy. The inspector cannot go to the books of original entry of the tax payer as a matter of right. In cases of any importance involving business profits, he does request and receives statements of profit and loss and detailed supporting data certified by qualified accountants. These statements are normally relied upon by Inland Revenue Otfi cials, because the accountants take pride in their accuracy, since the standing of the accountant with his profession and the Inland Revenue depends upon the absolute integrity of the accounts he certifies. If such accounts prove unreliable, the inspector notifies the taxpayer that he will not receive further accounts certified by that accountant. It was stated to us that instances of this kind are very rare. Obviously a tremendous amount of time which would otherwise be spent in checking original books of entry and accounts is saved in this way. If a case goes to appeal, either to the general or special commissioners, the commissioners may require the taxs payer to produce his original books and accounts. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.