{"id":332,"date":"2013-10-09T16:29:01","date_gmt":"2013-10-09T15:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kwa.client-d2p.co.uk\/?p=332"},"modified":"2013-10-09T16:29:01","modified_gmt":"2013-10-09T15:29:01","slug":"small-businesses-are-bearing-the-brunt-of-hmrcs-tougher-approach-to-tax-investigations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirkwoodwilson.co.uk\/small-businesses-are-bearing-the-brunt-of-hmrcs-tougher-approach-to-tax-investigations\/","title":{"rendered":"Small businesses are bearing the brunt of HMRC\u2019s tougher approach to tax investigations."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HMRC\u2019s tax receipts from investigations into small and medium-sized businesses have increased by 31% in the last year. \u201cCompliance\u201d investigations into SMEs raised \u00a3565m for HMRC in 2012-13, up from \u00a3434m in 2011-12.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Are you covered?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>We are committed to providing our clients with the best tax investigation insurance cover available. And here\u2019s a very good reason why\u2026<\/p>\n<p>HMRC decided to investigate a limited company client of ours that has fee protection insurance at a cost of \u00a3200 + VAT (which was the cost for 13 months cover).<\/p>\n<p>The investigation delved into<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Their Limited Company ie the general background of the business and how it operates<\/li>\n<li>The company\u2019s accounting systems and controls and its business records<\/li>\n<li>The relationship between the directors and the limited company<\/li>\n<li>The director\u2019s private financial affairs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The time costs involved in providing HMRC with information they required amounted to \u00a31740,00. As I\u2019m sure you\u2019ll agree a rather large invoice to come out of the blue. Luckily they had our tax investigation service so this invoice was covered, resulting in a saving of \u00a31540 for our client.<\/p>\n<p>The result of this investigation was that nothing untoward was found and the company and private affairs are all above board.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any concerns regarding HMRC investigations or would like further advice on our tax investigation service please get in touch on <strong>01704 546000<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HMRC\u2019s tax receipts from investigations into small and medium-sized businesses have increased by 31% in the last year&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,8],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Small businesses are bearing the brunt of HMRC\u2019s tougher approach to tax investigations.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Find out more about how small businesses are bearing the brunt o HMRC&#039;s tougher approach to tax investigations. 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