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Different taxes, review routes, penalties and late-appeal applications can use different statutory periods. This hub does not determine whether the correct remedy is review, appeal or an extension application.

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HMRC or Tax Tribunal appealCalculatorCheck the usual 30-day HMRC or Tax Tribunal appeal route and select the decision, review or tax-specific trigger shown in the source documents.Usually 30 days, subject to the underlying tax route · Tax Tribunal Rules 2009, rule 20; the applicable tax enactment Tax Tribunal permission to appealSource guideCheck the First-tier Tribunal Tax Chamber 56-day permission-to-appeal route and identify the latest decision, reasons or correction event that starts the period.56 days · First-tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber) Rules 2009, rule 39 Tax Tribunal written reasons requestSource guideCheck the 14-day Tax Chamber route for requesting full written findings and reasons where the decision notice does not already provide them.14 days · First-tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber) Rules 2009, rule 35(4) and (5)

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Different taxes, review routes, penalties and late-appeal applications can use different statutory periods.
This hub does not determine whether the correct remedy is review, appeal or an extension application.

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