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Specialist Investigations
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) believes that over 1.5 million individuals and some 300,000 businesses are not paying the correct amount of tax due to fraud, evasion and/or criminal attack. Criminal investigations are resource intensive, expensive and time consuming so HMRC's priority in recent years has been to tackle tax fraud (or non-compliance (including the hidden economy)) by way of civil investigations and various disclosure facilities and campaigns.
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Who are Specialist Investigations?
Specialist Investigations ('SI') office is HMRC's premier civil investigation office. It deals with cases of suspected serious tax fraud and avoidance. SI has 1,600 (approx) members of staff across 70+ locations.
SI is essentially divided into two main work streams:
- Structured Fiscal Attacks – including Missing Trader Intra-Community ('MTIC') fraud, Excise Duty abuse and Inland Detection (fuel duty, alcohol and tobacco duty); and
- Civil Fraud & Avoidance – including suspected serious fraud or tax avoidance investigations under Code of Practice 8 or Code of Practice 9, phoenixism, National Minimum Wage abuse (worked by the Labour Providers Unit), Insolvency Compliance work and VAT Securities work.
SI also has responsibility for HMRC's offshore campaigns and, in particular, the Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility.
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Specialist Investigations Performance against targets?
SI exceeded its 'Performance against Yield' targets by at least 13% in the years 2007-08 to 2009-10 inclusive with significant increased taxes being charged and/or recovered:
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What should I do if Specialist Investigations investigate me?
As you would expect from HMRC's elite investigations office, SI typically only becomes involved in a case where it suspects that significant amounts of tax are either at risk or might be (or have been) lost/unpaid. SI carefully reviews its cases for investigation. Its investigators and the seriousness of a SI investigation should not be under-estimated. You need expert, specialist help to best protect you and your business interests.
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How can OneE TDI help?
At the core of OneE TDI is a highly experienced team specialising in all areas of tax disputes and investigations work. We are former HMRC SI inspectors/investigators – so we know how SI thinks! We are constantly dealing with SI inspectors/investigators so we have up to date insights into current SI practice and policy.
We offer confidential, non-judgemental advice to best defend our clients and have a proven track record in successfully managing all contentious tax matters. We provide a comprehensive service to accountancy and legal practitioners and their clients. Our advice saves our clients time and money and helps reduce their potential exposure to tax, interest and penalties.
Putting it simply, we take control of and manage all parts of a SI investigation so that our clients can get on with their life and their business. What price peace of mind?
Please see the Testimonials kindly provided by our clients (or their accountants or lawyers), which confirm our levels of client service.
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How can I contact OneE TDI?
If you would like a free, no obligation discussion with us, please contact either Gary Rowson or Mark Taylor on 0800 652 6156 or complete and submit the online form below.
Whilst we endeavour to provide informative and accurate information, the content on this site is for general information purposes only and should not be taken to constitute tax or legal advice which must always be tailored to individual circumstances. Please contact us if you would like to discuss matters.
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Specialist Investigations