BACKGROUND
Paul is a tax investigation specialist, with over 40 years experience in Direct Taxes, and he is a Senior Tax Manager within inTAX. He joined inTAX in October 2020, following a short spell with a Top 10 firm. He is a former Senior Inspector of Taxes having worked in HMRC for over 35 years. Whilst in HMRC, Paul joined the Fraud Investigation Team in 2012, where he worked cases of suspected fraud under Code of Practice 9 (COP9).
Paul supports individuals and companies that are subject to HMRC investigations/enquiries. His expertise includes dealing with Code of Practice 8/9 cases (COP 8/9), using strong analytical skills and being able to use his negotiating skills to successfully resolve issues. His work generally focuses on Direct Taxes, for businesses of all sizes, from sole traders, OMBs, SMEs and mid/large companies. Paul also has experience in dealing with CIS, NICs and some VAT / Customs duties.
He is passionate about securing the best possible outcome for clients and he can help and guide them around the potential difficulties that can arise when dealing with HMRC. His aim is to ensure that clients only pay the minimum duties required by legislation.
SPECIALISMS
- Direct Taxes
- Fraud investigation
- COP8/COP9 cases
QUALIFICATIONS
- HM Inspector of Taxes
RECENT EXPERIENCE
- Assisting a large company in their appeal against HMRC’s refusal to allow Returned Goods Relief (RGR). Although not agreed by HMRC at ADR, HMRC eventually accepted the RGR claim, without the need to attend Tribunal, resulting in a repayment of £500K+ to the client.
- Negotiating IR35 cases with HMRC, in respect of people within the entertainment industry.
- Successfully assisted a client, in re-negotiating a COP9 settlement with HMRC, following what we believed to be incorrect advise provided by the previous advisors.
- Helping clients navigate the various disclosure options and submitting disclosures using the most suitable HMRC schemes available to them.
- Supporting and assisting numerous clients throughout HMRC investigations/enquiries, taking the pressure away from them, during what is often a stressful period.
- Negotiating a contract settlement in a long running complex investigation, including Intellectual Property (IP) valuations. Pressure put on HMRC for a F2F meeting with Shares Valuation Division (SVD) to discuss. Within 2 weeks of meeting with SVD, settlement agreed.
- Helping a client, with a technical and sensitive issue around ‘Gift With Reservation’ (GWR) and IHT. With the use of technical arguments and Tax Cases, reached agreement with HMRC that sizeable IHT assessments should be reduced to Nil.
