Thanks RBK and Lambs.
Urrghhh. Reading your post RBK makes me feel sick to the stomach. I incorrectly assumed that the case of Rachel McGreevey would make them see sense but obviously not. Makes me feel so angry. I guess I will wait and see what their response to my appeal letter is then, though given your story I won't hold my breath for a good outcome. The thing that makes it even worse is the massive delay between all of this (my letter will probably take a few weeks to arrive there and then they will take ages to respond and for that letter to arrive back). It just makes you sick with worry in the meantime. Like you, I have never been late in filing a return nor ever penalised before this. The whole thing is an utter debacle and even more infuriating as there was no bloody tax to pay on the flat sale anyway - it sold for the same price in July as it was under offer in April!
Reading the McGreevey case I am wondering if I should go down the route of there being no disposal after April 2015 anyway (and thus no requirement to file) as the offer on the flat had been made and accepted before April (so though formal contracts had not been exchanged then, the offer had been made and accepted and there were no subsequent changes to that offer / seller / buyer etc so effectively the agreement to dispose/contract was before the law change albeit not formally with the estate agents/ conveyencer). Not sure how likely I'd be to succeed on that though but I might add it to any subsequent stage of the appeal.
Anyway, I will keep the forum updated with any news. Thanks again to everyone for sharing all this - at least I don't feel completely on my own.
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