But should you attend a meeting with HMRC?

When HMRC advise you that they’ve opened an investigation into your tax affairs, it’s unnerving, to say the least. It’s also not uncommon in the early days of your investigation for HMRC to invite you to attend a meeting with them. Which begs two

But do you have to send HMRC all the information they’ve asked for?

You’ve received the letter from HMRC announcing they are enquiring into your tax return.  HMRC will typically say what concerns them – a certain transaction or potentially omitted income or capital gain – and you’re into the first

So you’re the subject of a tax inquiry. Suddenly those folks at HMRC who hitherto have been almost impossible to get hold of, are breathing down your neck and showing a vigour and enthusiasm about your affairs that’s making you very uncomfortable. But a ‘tax inquiry’ can’t be too bad, you think to

Bearing in mind our recent post about furlough fraud, the chances are that there’s more than a few people who will be facing an HMRC inquiry in the coming months.

What do you do next?

The brown envelope is sitting on your desk and the letter inside has just informed you that you’re the subject of

We’re in the process of updating our website, and as part of that process, we’ve had cause to reflect on our values as a firm and what we think makes us different. These things are never particularly easy to articulate but, in our case, we believe that it’s a combination of factors, which include

Will it be guilty until proven innocent?

Financial support has been provided at an unprecedented level by the Government during Covid-19, and one of the most popular support mechanisms has been the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“CJRS”).  By the end of June, 9.3 million employees of 1.1 million

Some might say this is not a difficult question, but in a lesson learnt, the Yorkshire and England cricketer Adil Rashid has experienced a “googly” to rival one of his own from HMRC.

The list!

Every quarter, HMRC publish a list of “Deliberate Tax Defaulters” which gives details of names and

Protecting your wealth from Inheritance Tax

Investing in commercially operated woodlands is a way to protect your wealth from inheritance tax with other tax benefits too.  They are claimed to deliver impressive financial performance.

How do forestry investments work?

Most commercially operated

Notwithstanding the current pandemic, the Government’s ongoing agenda to reduce the tax gap, currently estimated to be £35bn in the latest HMRC annual report, is being enhanced by investing in additional compliance officers and new technology for HMRC, and expects to raise a further £4.7 billion in