Tax investigations - invoking time limits on HMRC?

Tax investigations - invoking time limits on HMRC?

You recently received a letter from HMRC querying one of the figures on an earlier tax return. The normal deadline for such enquiries was 31 January 2025. Can you simply ignore HMRC’s questions? Tax enquiries Soon after self-assessment was introduced the rules for tax enquiries were overhauled. They allow HMRC sufficient time to raise questions about a tax return while preventing it from having an open-ended right. On the face of it the rules se…