Tax and other financial investigations can be daunting, but our experience of them means we can guide you through the entire process. This can include ‘dawn raids’, directors’ personal liability, financial penalties, orders for access to records, etc. When appropriate, we work with external tax specialists.

Tax and Financial Investigations for which we regularly provide defence include:

	HM Customs & Revenue: Inland Revenue: suppression of income, PAYE and P11D, foreign income and random investigations. We are familiar with the approaches of both the Special Compliance Office and the Hansard Group. HM Customs & Excise: VAT evasion, false returns, ‘missing trader’ and ‘diversion’, import quota, sanctions busting, compounding. Customs have unique powers and an approach that we know how to deal with.
	Dept for Business Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (DTI): trading whilst insolvent, directors’ duties, non-cooperation with liquidator, shadow and disqualified directors
	Other agencies: There are many other agencies in the commercial and financial arenas that investigate specialist and often technical, industry-specific issues. Our flexibility and expertise enables us to defend your interests in all circumstances.

Tax and financial investigations are almost always complex, and are often confusing to the layman. Being asked to account to the authorities for transactions concluded many years previously can be a minefield without the correct advice and representation. Cartwright King has several highly experienced tax investigation lawyers who are able to negotiate and represent your interests at all stages of an investigation, and to conduct a forensic analysis of all the financial evidence, if required, to assist your defence.