About Tax Enquiry Solutions
Principal Consultant – Tony Willetts
Our Principal Consultant is Tony Willetts. He worked for HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) for 17 years and has experience of dealing with both Self Assessment Enquiries and PAYE/NIC Enquiries. The PAYE/NIC Enquiry work was carried out at HMRC’s Large Employer Compliance Office in Birmingham. This work involved dealing with the largest employers in the country. He has also worked as a consultant with top accountancy firm KPMG.
Tony then ran his own business offering accountancy and taxation services to small businesses whilst continuing to provide specialist Tax Enquiry help to other accountants.
His experience of dealing with all businesses from small, local businesses to the largest UK companies means that he is ideally placed to deal with all types of Enquiry work – however large or small.
Consultants
London Office - Covering London & The South East
Warren Hyams
Warren has over 13 years experience in tax investigations matters.
Warren started his career at KPMG within their Tax Disputes department where he worked for 6 years advising high net worth individuals and large corporates whose affairs were under enquiry. Warren then joined Chiltern Plc where he spent 5 years within their Tax Investigations department.
Warren specialises in advising clients who are under enquiry for cases where HMRC are claiming that serious tax fraud has been committed. Such enquiries are usually dealt with by HMRC's Specialist Investigations or Civil Investigation of Fraud Teams. Warren also specialises in enquires where there are offshore interests, such as trusts, bank or investment accounts and advising clients who are either non-UK domiciled or resident.
Manoj Anand
Manoj has more than 18 years experience in HMRC investigation work.
This ranges from local office cases to Specialist Investigation enquiries conducted under Codes of Practice 8 and 9. Manoj was with HMRC for 13 years, with ten years as an Inspector of Taxes undertaking enquiry work into individuals, unincorporated entities and limited companies. He then spent 6 years with Chiltern Plc as a Senior Manager, working in their specialist investigation team and a further 18 months with Tenon.
Manoj has successfully defended a number of clients at the General Commissioners when it was not possible to reach agreement with the Inspector. More recently, he has assisted numerous clients, many with substantial liabilities, under HMRC's Offshore Disclosure Facility.
Bristol Office - Covering The South West
Sean Palmer
Sean Palmer (BSc Econ, ATT, CTA) is an ex-Inspector of Taxes and former Ernst & Young manager.
He has spent more than 20 years working on both sides of the tax industry, at one time leading HMRC investigations and at others defending clients against them.
Sean is a highly-regarded tax consultant and tax accountant who specialises in Tax Investigations and Tax Risk Management.
During his career he has helped minimise the tax liabilities of private individuals and small and medium-sized (SME) business through to FTSE 100 and Blue Chip companies.
His experience has left him uniquely qualified in being able to provide tax advice and resolve tax problems in a way which can withstand the intense scrutiny of HMRC.
Sean has first-hand knowledge of HRMC operating procedures, giving him an invaluable insight in how best to advise clients on the complex tactics and strategies HMRC employs.
Our Services
Much of our work involves providing Solutions For Accountants when their clients are involved in a Tax Enquiry. We provide specialist help to the small practitioner who often does not have the time or specialist skills required to deal with a Tax Enquiry.
We also undertake work direct from Business Owners/Managers or Individuals. You may well have an accountant who deals with your general day-to-day accounting and taxation requirements. However, most accountants acknowledge the need for specialist help when it comes to Tax Enquiry work. We are happy to work alongside your existing accountant (if you have one) in order to provide this specialist help. So if you are a Business Owner/Manager or an Individual and you have a Tax Enquiry problem, see our Solutions for Business and Individuals page.
If you do not have an existing accountant to represent you, we would strongly advise against trying to deal with your Tax Enquiry on your own. HMRC are likely to ‘go to town’ on someone who is not represented and you could find yourself agreeing to a settlement that is considerably higher than it should be. Conversely, if we represent you, HMRC are much more likely to be realistic - faced with the fact that they are dealing with experts in this field.
Location
Our Head Office is located centrally in Worcestershire but we have Consultants located around the UK so we can easily access clients throughout the UK.
See our Contact page for more details on our location.