London restaurateur David Moore has condemned HM Revenue and Custom’s (HMRC) hardline attack on restaurant troncs which it now admits was based on a misreading of the law.

Moore – who owns the two-Michelin-starred Pied a Terre - believed the Revenue should do more to help the industry by providing clear and unambiguous guidelines.

Moore argued that the Revenue should visit restaurants on a friendly “let’s get it right basis” to prevent problems rather than just storming in to find them.

Click here to read Moore’s views in full in the CatererSearch News Comment.

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