{"id":66891,"date":"2016-01-26T12:18:38","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T12:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=c821f89e40a30decf8c09b4cc19f150b"},"modified":"2016-01-26T12:18:38","modified_gmt":"2016-01-26T12:18:38","slug":"this-weeks-opinion-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=66891","title":{"rendered":"This week&#8217;s opinion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field field-name-field-biography field-type-entityreference field-label-inline clearfix\">\n<div class=\"field-label\">By:&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"field-items\"><span class=\"field-item even\"><a href=\"\/taxation\/biography\/andrew-hubbard\">Andrew Hubbard<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\" property=\"content:encoded\">\n<div>&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe question of whether a tax return is final ought to be a straightforward matter. The self-assessment system was specifically designed to give finality. HMRC had an unrestricted power to enquire into a return within a specified time limit. Outside that limit, the balance shifted to the taxpayer: HMRC\u2019s right to assess was restricted to cases of fraud or neglect &#8230;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>By:&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.taxation.co.uk\/taxation\/biography\/andrew-hubbard\">Andrew Hubbard<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\tThe question of whether a tax return is final ought to be a straightforward matter. The self-assessment system was specifically designed to give finality. HMRC had an unrestricted power to enquire into a return within a specified time limit. Outside that limit, the balance shifted to the taxpayer: HMRC&rsquo;s right to assess was restricted to cases of fraud or neglect &#8230;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66891"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66891\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}