You've had a letter from HMRC. Don't reply on your own.
What you say in the first response shapes everything that follows. We take over the correspondence, deal with HMRC directly, and work to close the case with the smallest exposure available to you.
If your letter has a deadline, treat it as real
HMRC deadlines usually run from the date on the letter, not the date you opened it. Missing one narrows your options and can increase penalties. Send it to us and we'll tell you where you stand.
What we deal with
If you're not sure which of these applies to you, that's normal — the letter often doesn't say plainly.
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Compliance checks
A routine enquiry into a return, a VAT position, or a specific figure. Handled properly and early, most close without escalating.
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Code of Practice 8
Serious enquiries where HMRC believes significant tax has been lost, but is not alleging fraud. The scope can widen quickly if it isn't managed.
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Code of Practice 9 and the CDF
Cases where HMRC suspects deliberate conduct. The window to respond is short and the decision matters — take advice before you accept or reject the offer.
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Voluntary disclosures
Coming forward before HMRC comes to you: let property, offshore income, undeclared trading, or historic errors. Disclosure made first almost always costs less.
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Assessments, penalties and appeals
Challenging a determination you believe is wrong, and arguing behaviour and penalty loading where the figures aren't in dispute but the label is.
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Payment problems
Where the liability is settled but the cash isn't there, negotiating time to pay on terms the business can actually survive.
How it runs
The aim is to take the correspondence off your desk and give you a clear view of the likely outcome as early as possible.
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Send us the letter
Email a scan or a photo. We'll read it and come back to you, usually the same working day, with what it actually means.
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Free initial review
A call to go through the background, the exposure as we see it, and the realistic range of outcomes. No obligation and nothing chargeable at this stage.
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Authority and fixed fee
If you want us to act, we agree scope and fee in writing first, and file authority so HMRC deals with us instead of you.
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We run the case
We prepare the analysis, answer the questions, and push back where HMRC has overreached — arguing the figures, the behaviour and the penalty position.
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Settlement and afterwards
We agree the closing position, sort out payment terms if needed, and fix whatever caused it so it doesn't happen twice.
Request a confidential review
Tell us roughly what's happened. There's no charge for the initial review.
Rather talk now?
- Telephone07713 697615
- Emailinfo@mdjteam.co.uk
- OfficeCanal View, 8B Slate Lane
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A note on outcomes
No adviser can promise a particular result with HMRC, and you should be wary of anyone who does. What we can do is make sure the case is argued properly and that you understand your position at every stage.