It is crucial to take legal advice as soon as possible if there is a possibility a tax investigation will be launched or allegations have been made.
Tax investigations cause immense stress to individuals and disruption to corporate taxpayers’ businesses and reputations.
Tax investigations are expensive and may end in a criminal prosecution or considerable financial penalty.
HMRC investigations will be thorough and can be extremely disruptive to an individual or commercial business. HMRC can execute a warrant to search business premises, as well as investigating personal financial arrangements if there is any suspicion that these may be linked to tax fraud or money laundering.
We are able to advise on how to negotiate with HMRC in cases where assets may be held offshore, where offshore investments can be declared as a voluntary disclosure before a tax investigation gets underway.
Tax investigations are ever expanding usually facilitated by access to the internet and technology. We represent, providing advice and assistance, in all types of tax investigations.
Tax investigations are extremely thoroughly investigated and can cause immense disruption to a business, and individuals, who are the subject matter of those investigations. These investigations may cause irreparable damage to reputations.
Quite often, tax investigations can be complex and cross different jurisdictions.
Belgravia Solicitors can advise you and liaise with authorities which may be involved in a tax investigation, including the following:
The Police Service (including the City of London Police)
The Local Authority Legal Department
Trading Standards
Department for Work & Pensions (DWP)
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)
Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
National Crime Agency (NCA)
Serious Fraud Office (SFO)
At Belgravia Solicitors we robustly challenge the evidence presented, where necessary challenging the procedures undertaken to obtain the evidence, challenge the admissibility of the evidence and ensure the evidence, a case is built upon, is not misinterpreted and fight your corner to give you the best chance of achieving the result you want from your case.
We will always ensure that the evidence is properly considered and will instruct appropriate experts on your behalf when evidence needs to be obtained, challenged, further examined, or excluded.
If you, your business / company, a family member / relative, or a friend are accused of or under investigation for tax related matter, it is important to seek legal advice. Discussing your case with a specialist lawyer who understands tax investigations at an early stage is essential to help understand what can be done to prepare a proper defence. We can be contacted on 03330 16 96 16 or on email: mail@belgraviasolicitors.co.uk