Warning that HMRC enquiries are resuming

HMRC is restarting its enquiries into taxpayers’ affairs as a matter of urgency according to Blick Rothenberg.

Fiona Fernie a tax dispute resolution partner at the firm said: ‘The recent pause in HMRC’s routine enquiry work is over and it is starting to contact both taxpayers and their agents again. A representative of HMRC to whom we spoke on Wednesday confirmed that the temporary pause in enquiries was being lifted this week. This means that tax inspectors will be looking at both personal and business tax affairs with renewed vigour; they will be looking to see whether those who were not supposed to be working during furlough were and investigating things like internet trading while the lockdown has been in place.’

She added: ‘The assistance government has provided to businesses and individual taxpayers in recent months has been costly and it will want to ensure that borrowing requirements are...