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Risky business

10 December 2008 / Chris Chadburn
Issue: 4186 / Categories: Comment & Analysis , Admin
CHRIS CHADBURN looks at the work of risk intelligence analysis teams

KEY POINTS

  • RIA teams produce information on taxpayers selected for enquiry.
  • Taxpayer information is compared and risk assessed.
  • Information from third party websites is obtained.
  • How useful is the information to HMRC?

If you search on HMRC’s website for ‘RIAT’ you will find the following text for ten of the 12 entries on page 1:

‘Risk intelligence and analysis: The role of the RIAT

‘(This text has been withheld because of exemptions in the Freedom of Information Act 2000) (This text has been withheld because of exemptions in the Freedom of Information Act 2000) (This text has been withheld...’

The other two entries don’t tell you much more. The brief facts are that in the network the risk intelligence analysis team identifies and refers cases for enquiry to compliance officers at...

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