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Interventions

We received a courtesy call on 13 July 2006 from HMIT. The Revenue Officer explained that she was working on a 'real time records review'.
She advised that she intended to call our client who is a small hotelier with a view to making an appointment to review her accounting records to assist her and make sure the books are being correctly written up and give her suggestions etc. There was no pressure if the client did not want the visit she only needed to say no and it would be marked as a refusal (black mark on her record?).
We spoke to the client within 15 minutes of receiving the courtesy call. Our client told us she had already been contacted by the HMRC Officer. Our client said she had felt under some pressure to...