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See Amit’s latest article, Is HMRC’s Worldwide Disclosure Facility working? Published on 14th August 2026 by the ACCA in their Accounting and Business Magazine. Is the Worldwide Disclosure Facility working? Ten years on, the WDF is not bringing in the anticipated revenue Amit Puri, the Managing Director of Pure Tax Investigations examines the […]
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AML failures are up by a ‘huge margin’
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Ex Tax Inspector Amit Puri Confirms HMRC Has Written To Over 100,000 About Crypto Tax Disclosures
HMRC Has Written To Over 100,000 About Crypto Tax Disclosures Pure Tax Investigations highlight that HMRC have more than doubled the number of people they wrote out to about cryptoasset gains in 2024-25, to 65,000. Who is exposed to Crypto Tax? HMRC know a great many investors in cryptoassets have failed to report their crypto tax […]
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HMRC Code of Practice 9 (COP9): When Tax Fraud Gets Personal
“Three months ago, I received a call from a frantic entrepreneurial business owner. He’d just opened a brown envelope stamped with HMRC’s insignia. Inside: a COP9 letter accusing him of tax fraud. His voice shook. “I thought I’d done everything by the book.” But HMRC suspected otherwise, i.e. dishonest / wilful actions. And just like […]
Webinar 28/02/24: HMRC Tax Investigations, Enquiries & Disclosures
HMRC Tax Investigations, Enquiries & Disclosures – Expert Webinar On 28th February 2024, we ran another webinar on our in-depth HMRC know-know. Whether you missed it, want to see it again and/or want to flag the video to others who might find it valuable, please click the link above to watch the video recording […]
HMRC’s Let Property Campaign (HMRC LPC) – new data
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HMRC Video: Webinar 01/05/25: HMRC Tax Investigations, Enquiries & Disclosures
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