A7.412 GAAR—Counteractions and provisional counteractionsWhere tax arrangements are considered abusive, the tax advantages arising from them are counteracted by making adjustments which impose or increase the tax liability where there would otherwise be either none or a lower liability. There ways in which tax advantages can be counteracted under the GAAR are by: • a self-assessment adjustment by the taxpayer, or • filing of accounts and payment of tax (in the case of IHT), or • through counteraction by HMRCSuch adjustments may be made in respect of either the tax in question or any other tax to which the GAAR applies, by way of an1: • assessment, or • amendment to an assessment, or • amendment to a claimPrerequisites to counteractionsHMRC can make an adjustment before the GAAR procedural requirements have been satisfied (see
Where tax arrangements are considered abusive, the tax advantages arising from them are counteracted by making adjustments which impose or increase the tax liability where there would otherwise be either none or a lower liability.
There ways in which tax advantages can be counteracted under the GAAR are by:
• a self-assessment adjustment by the taxpayer, or
• filing of accounts and payment of tax (in the case of IHT), or
• through counteraction by HMRC
Such adjustments may be made in respect of either the tax in question or any other tax to which the GAAR applies, by way of an1:
• assessment, or
• amendment to an assessment, or
• amendment to a claim
HMRC can make an adjustment before the GAAR procedural requirements have been satisfied (see
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