AH2401 - Appeals Handbook: ITSA: Claims: appeal rights


All the appeal rights in respect of ITSA claims relate to enquiries into claims. Most claims are made in a return, or as an amendment to a return, and enquiries into them are dealt with in the same way as any other enquiry into a return. Appeals related to enquiries into returns are dealt with at AH2100.

Some claims are made outside a return and the statutory provisions for such claims, including appeal rights, are in TMA70/Sch1A. The claimant has rights of appeal in relation to:-

  • the issue of a notice to produce documents, etc (AH2405)
  • a conclusion stated by, an amendment made by or a decision contained in a closure notice (AH2415).

In an enquiry case, the claimant may also make an application for a closure notice (AH2410).

See EM7300+ for more guidance on enquiries into claims outside a return.

Please note that there is no provision for referral to the Special Commissioners during an enquiry into a claim made outside a return.