- Appeal against HMRC’s decisions to issue personal liability notices to appellants for penalties issued to Two Bros Restaurant Brands Limited
- Penalties arose following an HMRC VAT visit and enquiry in respect of Two Bros
- Till data discrepancies led to VAT assessment and subsequent penalty assessment
- Two Bros went into liquidation on 16 July 2018
- Penalty assessment issued to Two Bros on 16 April 2019 for deliberately submitting incorrect VAT returns
- Penalty liability notices issued to directors equally due to deliberate inaccuracies and insolvency of the company
- Tribunal provided with electronic bundles totaling over 40,000 pages of documents, including bank statements, purchase invoices, till reports, and witness statements.
Source: bailii.org
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