30/11/11: Excise Duty assessment of £46,000.00 overturned on review

In the light of HMRC’s current robust policy which came into force on 1 April 2010 relating to their new powers to recover unpaid excise duty, we are pleased to announce that we have recently been successful in overturning a £46,000.00 excise duty assessment on review. It is becoming increasingly difficult to overturn excise duty assessments at the review stage since HMRC maintain that evaded duty can now be recovered after goods have been released onto the UK market, for example, when they are held for wholesale or retail.