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Odds worth taking
KEY POINTS
- In 2016-17 79% cases were resolved using the alternative dispute resolution.
- The process can be a practical alternative to litigation.
- HMRC’s aim is the whole process will take no longer than four months.
- Mediators can be trained HMRC officers or independent third parties.
- Parties retain some control and the process is entirely confidential.
As a tax specialist barrister I am increasingly finding myself advising clients to consider alternative dispute resolution (ADR). This is when with the agreement of both parties a third party becomes involved to facilitate discussions to settle the issues in a tax dispute. The process has the obvious appeal of avoiding sometimes lengthy and costly litigation in the tribunals and beyond but in my experience taxpayers and their advisers are not...
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