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The Dains investigation service is aimed at meeting the needs of anyone facing any form of enquiry, investigation, intervention or check by H M Revenue & Customs (HMRC). This will range from local office investigations to the more serious areas covered by SCI and CIF under Code of Practice 9 (2005) (COP9) and Code of Practice 8 (COP8). We welcome enquiries from those who are directly the subject of HMRC’s attentions or indeed from advisers, accountants and solicitors who may need specialist input to assist their clients; we will happily work alongside any existing adviser.

No matter what term HMRC use to describe a fundamental audit of your tax or VAT affairs the result will usually be an intrusive and critical detailed examination of your financial affairs and can often lead to excessive charges and penalties if mishandled. Any dealing with HMRC in an investigative environment must be managed correctly at every level. A thorough understanding of HMRC’s processes, information powers and the interaction with penalty mitigation is absolutely essential. Properly managed there are usually opportunities to obtain a speedier resolution, significant reductions in penalties and to mitigate the final costs.

We will provide you with the quality service and ‘big firm’ expertise you will need, properly resourced and supported, at a fair price. Our experts have over 25 years experience in dealing with these matters both from within the Revenue and from the perspective of the Profession. This experience will be working for you from the outset of our involvement in an honest, objective but understanding approach.

We will work alongside your existing advisers (if any) and HMRC leaving you free to deal with ongoing tax compliance and other obligations and to move on at the end of our involvement with certainty.

Our service sheets below detail much of what we do. Please call or contact us on taxinvestigations(at)dains.com for a no commitment discussion or meeting to see how we can help you.

An extensive range of advice & products is delivered through our six specialist divisions.

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