Back to News 29th Apr 2020 by Andrew Earnshaw ContractorUK – Simon Moore: Critics of retrospective taxation have denounced HMRC’s decision not to extend its pause in compliance activity to 2019 Loan Charge contractors, calling it “disappointing.” Despite being asked to suspend all ‘30-day response’ letters due to the impact of COVID-19 on its customers, HMRC says it will keep contacting LC contractors on two key grounds. The first is where the imminent “expiry of a statutory time limit” risks leaving the Revenue “legally unable to collect any tax that is owed,” the department told the Loan Charge APPG. (click on text for full article)