Tax Investigations
When faced with a tax investigation, whether it’s conducted by the local VAT office or Special Civil Investigations, it’s important that you have the right support and advice. You need to be able to concentrate on your business and not be distracted.
Any investigation into your tax affairs can potentially be damaging, and not just financially. The destabilising effect of an investigation should not be underestimated. Not only can there be significant personal stresses on you and your family during an investigation, but vital relationships with third parties (including customers, suppliers and bankers) may also be at risk. While you focus on your family and business you need reliable support and advice from people who understand the investigation process in depth and have the experience to see you and your business through it.
Tenon’s National Tax Investigations team has considerable experience of dealing with all forms of investigation by H M Revenue and Customs (formerly the Inland Revenue and HM Customs and Excise). As well as assisting with investigations, we can conduct health checks to check the robustness of your systems and procedures (e.g. for PAYE/NIC).
The team is headed by Phil Berwick, a former inspector of taxes with more than 15 years’ investigation experience. As well as ex-inspectors, the team includes former Customs’ investigators and accountants. Please contact Phil on 020 7535 1400 for a preliminary discussion of how Tenon can help you. Alternatively, you can email him.
