Business Pedroleve Blog on 29 Jan 2008
Why You Need Tax Enquiry Insurance
There are many advantages to having Tax Enquiry Insurance. The biggest advantage is that you only need to pick up the phone and make a call to have an agent on your side during the enquiry process. This is very important, because you may easily find that an aspect enquiry becomes a full enquiry. You will also discover quickly that the government HMRC is more concerned with getting money for the government than your rights. Inspectors continuously take advantage of those facing enquiry alone to impose additional taxes and penalties without care for actual law. In many cases, an agent can use the HM Revenue and Customs handbooks against their own investigators to get favorable results for a client.
Another advantage to having tax enquiry insurance is that you have tax advice at any time that you require it. This is helpful when completing self assessment forms, especially for businesses or the self employed. It is also helpful to have this assistance in determining what records a business must keep to avoid an HMRC enquiry and be prepared in the case that one is opened. The coverage typically also covers VAT coverage and VAT advice, which is also very helpful for businesses considering all of the new legislation that has been passed concerning VAT taxes and duties since the merger.