Mr Shawyer, a former Deloitte tax partner, made the comments at a screening of Mr Turner, the latest film backed by Ingenious.
He said Ingenious had pressed for its case to be heard as soon as possible in the face of attempts to delay by HMRC.
Mr Shawyer said: “We wanted to go first because we feel we have a very strong case.”
Ingenious’ schemes invited investors to put money into funds which in turn helped produce films. The investors claimed early losses against their tax bills, but HMRC claims those losses were artificially inflated by loans taken out by the schemes.
The cost of the case has taken a toll on Ingenious, which saw its pre-tax earnings plummet 60pc last year to £6m.
HMRC’s crackdown aims to recoup £5.1bn for the Treasury this year. HMRC declined to comment.
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