Search-assessment limitation requires stay exclusions before TOLA extension, rendering delayed assessments and consequential penalties time-barred.

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....Search-assessment limitation requires court-ordered stay periods to be excluded within the single composite limitation period before testing whether TOLA extends that date. Treating the stay exclusion as an addition after a TOLA extension would improperly enlarge the period available for completing assessments. For years affected by the stay, the composite limitation date fell outside the TOLA window; for the remaining years, the extension operated only until 30 September 2021. The assessments, related notices and consequential penalty proceedings for all nine assessment years were time-barred and quashed, while the merits of the additions remained open.....