Tax Investigations

H M Revenue & Customs now has very wide ranging powers to investigate your personal and business affairs at will. In some circumstances they are entitled to enter premises without notice to seek documents relevant to your tax affairs and they have draconian new penalty regimes established to maximise the amount of money that they can extract from you if they decide that you have deliberately underpaid your dues.

As if running your own business was not stressful enough, you could now find yourself subject to in depth investigation into almost any aspect of your business or personal affairs, including;

  • Income Tax
  • National Insurance
  • Corporation Tax
  • Benefits in Kind
  • PAYE
  • Capital Gains Tax
  • Value Added Tax
  • Inheritance Tax

Cobham Murphy has established a justifiable reputation throughout the United Kingdom and Europe for being skilful, hard but fair negotiators with all Government Agencies but particularly with H M Revenue & Customs. We understand the concerns and needs of people who are subject to investigation and act swiftly to take away these worries immediately, especially in the more serious cases being undertaken by members of HMR&C's Specialist Investigation offices.

John Green joined Cobham Murphy after 23 years service with the Inland Revenue, where he was responsible for the investigation of serious fraud and anti-avoidance schemes, often involving very large businesses and International taxation issues. If you find yourself subject to HMR&C investigation of any kind the best protection possible for you is to have John and his team at your side.

John's team of ex HMR&C senior investigators from specialist high level offices have a well deserved reputation for achieving cost effective pragmatic settlements in investigations conducted by major Government departments. In addition to dealing with Civil Investigations they have considerable experience dealing with people subject to criminal prosecution for offences relating to fraud as well as those charged with tax and Vat offences. They are also the first in the country to develop strategies to help people facing Applications for excessive levels of confiscation under the Proceeds of Crime Act and have had considerable success redressing the balance for people subject to the draconian demands of that statute.

For further information please contact a member of our tax investigations team, TaxInvestigation@cobham-murphy.co.uk