After the company's cessation of trade in 2018, it received correspondence from HMRC seeking to tax a non-existent transaction (relating to 2016). They have since raised a variety of assessments seeking to tax this non-existent transaction in three alternative ways, the greatest of which seeks £81,167.
Advice had been taken on the treatment at the time and the director is continuing to demonstrate that the purported transaction did not happen and the amounts are not payable.
Since then the company received a demand for an advance payment of disputed tax of £54,083. In the absence of any appeal rights the company submitted a representation seeking a review to be carried out, however after considering the matter for over 12 months HMRC upheld their own decision despite information provided and demanded payment and penalties.
The director is currently funding these advance payments from his own resources along with the cost of defending his position, however, should the point be reached that the director cannot continue to fund this then it will be necessary to liquidate the company.