Montpelier Judgment – The Loan Charge Tax and Avoidance Schemes
HMRC still has many Loan Charge cases outstanding and is about to start pursuing them with vigour once more now they have more staff to do so.
How do you tell your clients to stop procrastinating and deal with their tax investigation?
Few people relish a tax investigation. Many taxpayers bury their head in the sand. Find out how you and your clients should deal with a tax investigation.
R&D Fraud Crackdown – Who should respond to HMRC or handle your client’s R&D queries or investigation?
Businesses have seen strongly worded letters landing on their desks around tax fraud, there is no doubt that enquiries will be raised around past R&D claims.
Do your clients have any skeletons in the cupboard to clear out prior to selling their business?
Many business owners have skeletons in the cupboard that could be a big hurdle to either selling their business or achieving their desired sale value. But how do you overcome them?
Do your clients mix business with pleasure?
If a business owner is on holiday but working is it an allowable tax deduction and what happens if HMRC investigate?
How does HMRC calculate the level of penalties to be charged to your client?
There are two types of penalties – those that are fixed and those that are tax geared. But did you know your client’s behaviour will affect the level of tax geared penalties they have to pay?
Why is HMRC so interested in your client’s hobbies?
How do your clients separate their personal and business lives. Do they put things ‘through the company’ that relate to their or their family’s hobbies?
The Pandora Papers are back – and with a vengeance
You may recall ‘The Pandora Papers’ back in 2021 and may have assumed that issues around these have been resolved or ‘gone away’. Wrong! Find out more about what this means for your clients.
What questions will HMRC ask your client?
How a taxpayer answers HMRC questions, can have a huge impact on the outcome of an investigation. HMRC will ask a number of probing questions at a meeting. It’s imperative to know when NOT to answer a question and HOW to answer a question.
Are you resolving the issue with HMRC or just kicking the can down the road?
For some, kicking the can into the long grass might be even more preferable. Either way, when the time actually comes to resolving the matter, it will almost certainly be more expensive. And perhaps all you have had in between times is depression and sleepless nights.