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Revenue and Customs Investigations - Protecting and Defending your Organisation
Short course
In City of London ()
Description
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Type
Short course
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Duration
1 Day
This course looks in detail at the HMRC's powers and approach to self assessment enquiries and investigations. Attendees will participate in case studies designed to emphasise understanding of what HMRC can and cannot do and how cases are selected. It aims to provide the attendee with an all round grasp of the technicalities and pitfalls of enquiry work together with an awareness of how to limit the possibility or extent of an enquiry. Suitable for: All those who may be involved in revenue investigations or who are tasked with ensuring that their organisation does not become subject to an HMRC investigation.
Reviews
Subjects
- Self assessment
- Customs
- Tax Liability
- Inheritance Tax
- Tax Avoidance
- Tax Law
- Tax Calculation
- Taxation Law
- Business Taxation
Course programme
Course Content:
- HMRC Organisation
- The different investigating departments
- Network and specialist departments
- Co-ordinated case working
- Codes of practice
- The Selection Process
- Risk assessments
- Criteria used
- Powers to make enquiries
- The Process Of An Investigation
- The seven stages of an enquiry
- Meetings
- Examinations of books and records
- Managing HMRC visits
- Penalties and settlements
- HMRC Powers
- Self assessment audit powers
- Section 20 TMA 1970
- Current developments
- Access to accountants' working papers
- Powers to make determinations for tax, interest and penalties
- Employer compliance inspections
- Powers
- Risk areas
- Latest 'hot spots'
- Grossing up and extrapolation
- Interest and penalties
- Negotiating a settlement
- Recent changes
- The new penalty regime
- New HMRC powers and procedures
Revenue and Customs Investigations - Protecting and Defending your Organisation