Taxation Services

At the Wood Consultancy our aim is to ensure you get every advantage that you deserve.

Understanding business and personal Tax Legislation can be a nightmare for the uninitiated. Tax Legislation is constantly changing and H M Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is regularly adopting and developing new strategies to increase tax receipts.

In recent years, HMRC has been offering amnesties of varying degrees. The original Offshore Disclosure Facilities (ODF and NDO) were closely followed by the Lichtenstein Disclosure Facility (LDF).

More recently, the various UK Dependency Disclosure Facilities for Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man have featured, together with the new craze for ‘Trade and Business Campaigns,’ used to unfairly extract disclosures from unrepresented and innocent taxpayers, without evidence for doing so.

In 2018, HMRC was granted the powers arising from Chapter 1, Part 5 POCA (Proceeds of Crime Act) 2002, to embark on Civil Investigations into ‘Unlawful Conduct’, giving an extremely strong addition to their civil powers.

The use of ‘Unlawful Conduct’ as a concept within Civil Recovery, adds a significant burden of proof on a defendant, notwithstanding that the concept applies civil standards of proof, namely ‘balance of probabilities,’ which is significantly lower than the criminal standard of ‘beyond reasonable doubt.’  

At The Wood Consultancy, we enable you to benefit fully from these facilities, feeling safe and secure in the knowledge that you are working with a firm that understands HMRC’s processes and controls, to their fullest extent. 

With our experience and up to date knowledge, we will assist you to ensure that you get it right, and help you manage the process, securing the most advantageous terms possible for your disclosure.