Most accountancy firms are built for returns and accounts, not for HMRC investigations. A well-meant dump of records often creates new questions. Before anything is sent, someone who does this work should say what HMRC is entitled to and how to present it so the enquiry narrows, not widens.
Serious fraud and evasion files are also time-hungry. Taking one on without capacity hurts the rest of the client list. Unlike a firm that only does investigations, we still prepare accounts and tax returns. We have no wish to lift a compliant client from another practice. We will take the investigation, or a defined piece of it, and leave the ongoing compliance where it sits.
How much of the file we take
Solicitors instruct us when the client arrived via a legal problem, or when the usual accountant is out of their depth. The client and the agent decide the level: a second opinion on one information notice, through to running the whole enquiry. We can be named to HMRC, or we can draft letters on your letterhead if that is what the client wants.
How Solaratax helps
Professional intermediaries can call us for a confidential, no-obligation discussion about a client file. We are used to working under someone else’s engagement letter.
Call 01615 314179 or email enquiries@solaratax.co.uk for a free, confidential discussion. We will not contact HMRC in your name until you instruct us to act.
Questions we are asked
Related investigations
HMRC tax investigations
What an HMRC enquiry actually is, how it can escalate, and how we keep the case in the civil system wherever we can.
Code of Practice 9 and the Contractual Disclosure Facility
Serious suspected fraud: admit and disclose under CDF, or deny — with a 60-day outline disclosure if you accept the CDF.
Tax Tribunal
Most enquiries settle. When they do not, the First-tier Tribunal is the independent arbiter — after an HMRC review if you want one.
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128 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX. 01615 314179. enquiries@solaratax.co.uk. Free, confidential, no obligation.
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