Tax Risk and Dispute Resolution

We advise high-profile individuals, HNWIs, UHNWIs, entrepreneurs, senior executives, trusts, family offices, accountants, and owner managed businesses on how to navigate disputes with HMRC.

From income tax, inheritance tax, employment taxes and image rights to VAT, SDLT and customs issues, we are able to manage  a wide range of tax issues.

Our team takes a multi-disciplinary approach to tax dispute resolution that considers the business, personal, financial and reputational issues that a dispute with HMRC can bring. Our clients benefit from a team of knowledgeable tax advisers and experienced litigators working collaboratively to deliver robust solutions to increasingly rigorous challenges from HMRC. This enables us to present clients with a wide range of dispute resolution options to prevent, manage, settle or litigate tax disputes and deliver positive, cost-effective outcomes both in and out of the courtroom.

Services we offer in this area include:

 

• Risk Advisory
• Responding to HMRC Requests for Information
• HMRC Enquiries, Investigations and Compliance Checks
• Code of Practice 8 (complex civil enquiries) and Code of Practice 9 (suspected fraud enquiries carried out by HMRC’s Fraud Investigation Service)
• Voluntary Disclosures
• Settlement Negotiations and Penalty Mitigation
• Direct and Indirect Tax Litigation
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Tax Tribunal Representation
• Professional Negligence
• Judicial Review
• Tax Debt Collection.