Claiming EV as capital allowance in UK by a sole trader / business partnership. Anyone had experience of the HMRC process and rules / reg's?

[btc1k]

You may be more fortunate than us ... at start of pandemic we phoned HMRC for clarification of delaying payment of VAT and some other tax (forgotten what that was - Corporation Tax or something to do with PAYE ...). Either way we were unsure and, it turns out, only VAT could be delayed.

HMRC advisor said we didn't need to pay either ... so we didn't.

... and then we got a fine for failure to pay the second one. We questioned it and asked for a transcript of the call (which clearly had the advice given that we didn't need to pay either). "Don't care" said HMRC "Pay the fine".

Makes Tesla Support look slick!

I'd second this. What HMRC say and what they do, are two very different things.

Good accountants and tax consultants are worth their money, generally.

From experience I'd never take HMRC at their word on anything, particularly their "advice" which is usually completely off the mark with their stated guidance!