Rules of engagement
KEY POINTS
- Agents need to be aware of their strengths and weaknesses during a client investigation.
- Present the arguments for the client logically and confidently.
- It is important to know what documents and information HMRC is entitled to ask for.
- Be careful of including clients at meetings with HMRC.
How many times have we in the investigations business heard this from unsuspecting agents: ‘I know my client. Have done for years.’ But they have later found themselves in receipt of a letter from HMRC suggesting that a disclosure needs to be made the subject of which the Revenue regards as ‘serious tax fraud’. Or worse that the client is required to attend an interview and is the subject of criminal investigation. Sometimes these horrendous circumstances come without warning and sometimes...
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