{"id":1668,"date":"2016-04-29T15:32:04","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T14:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dehshidandco.com\/?page_id=1668"},"modified":"2020-05-09T20:23:34","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T19:23:34","slug":"hmrc-investigations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dehshidandco.com\/taxation\/hmrc-investigations\/","title":{"rendered":"HMRC Investigations"},"content":{"rendered":"

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HMRC’s aim is to secure the highest level of compliance with the law and regulations governing direct and indirect taxes and other regimes for which they are responsible.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is HMRC’s policy to deal with fraud by use of the cost effective civil fraud investigation procedures, wherever appropriate. Criminal Investigation will be reserved for cases where HMRC needs to send a strong deterrent message or where the conduct involved is such that only a criminal sanction is appropriate.<\/span><\/p>\n

Examples of the kind of circumstances in which HMRC will generally consider commencing a criminal, rather than civil investigation are:<\/span><\/p>\n