Skip to Footer SEARCH Services People Difference International Knowledge Alumni Join us Newsroom Contact us Tax Enquiries and Investigations Overview Interactive content Latest knowledge Selected experience Get in touch What others say Related services Overview Tax enquiries and investigations, whether they are informal enquiries, formal investigations or disputes in the tax tribunals and courts, can be costly and time-consuming for taxpayers. Our commercial, practical and strategic advice means that we can ease that burden. READ MORE LIFE CYCLE OF AN EARLY STAGE TAX DISPUTE What happens if the UK tax authorities raise an enquiry and what should clients do? This interactive timeline breaks down the constituent parts of an early stage tax dispute into practical, bitesize chunks. FIND OUT MORE LATEST KNOWLEDGE VIEW ALL VIDEO 09 NOV 2021 Life cycle of an early stage tax dispute LEGAL BRIEFING 30 SEP 2021 Tax Investigations Update - September 2021 ARTICLES 20 MAY 2021 Tax Journal: Tooth, staleness and protective assessments SELECTED EXPERIENCE INCLUDES Instructed by a number of global asset managers as the UK tax authorities open enquiries into their tax affairs, including the salaried member rules, disguised investment management fee rules, carried interest, loans and co-invest. Advising the Defendants in Andrew Cole & Others v Scion Limited & Others in the Business List of the Business and Property Courts in relation to claims arising from investments in film finance schemes. Instructed on a VAT dispute with the UK tax authorities to advise on correspondence and negotiations with them, legitimate expectation, and the VAT status of supplies. Advising a multinational software and information technology business on certain aspects of legal professional privilege arising in the course of an HMRC investigation. Advising on and assisting with Schedule 36 information requests (including where clients have been served with 'third party notices' requiring them to provide information to the UK tax authorities about another person’s tax affairs), including in respect of disclosure and legal professional privilege. Advising companies and offshore trustees in relation to disguised remuneration EBT settlements with the UK tax authorities. In addition, advising participants in relation to related indemnity claims made against them by their former employer. Advising a group of more than 100 employees of an investment bank on a long-running dispute with HMRC relating to an offshore tax scheme. A client in connection with a judicial review of HMRC's refusal to allow our client to apply a statutory concession in calculating its VAT liability. GET IN TOUCH Read Emily Clark 's Profile Emily Clark Head of Tax +44 20 7295 3393 Email me MEET THE TEAM FULL TEAM Read Rob Fell's Profile Rob Fell Head of Dispute Resolution +44 20 7295 3292 Email me Read Kaleem Khan's Profile Kaleem Khan Associate +44 20 7295 3877 Email me Read Rachel Kitchman's Profile Rachel Kitchman Partner +44 20 7295 3794 Email me Read Sophie Lloyd's Profile Sophie Lloyd Senior Associate +44 20 7295 3184 Email me Read Claire Prentice's Profile Claire Prentice Senior Associate +44 20 7295 3494 Email me Read Elena Rowlands's Profile Elena Rowlands Partner +44 20 7295 3491 Email me Read Rob Smith 's Profile Rob Smith Associate +44 20 7295 3374 Email me Read Mahesh Varia's Profile Mahesh Varia Partner +44 20 7295 3382 Email me Read Katherine Williamson's Profile Katherine Williamson Associate +44 20 7295 3490 Email me Read Ian Zeider's Profile Ian Zeider Knowledge Counsel, Tax +44 20 7295 3849 Email me The team is notable for its overall excellence. They are well co-ordinated and effective in achieving the objective. They stand out for their swift responsiveness, clear explanations and creative solutions. Chambers and Partners UK An outstanding tax department composed of first-rate lawyers. The Legal 500 2019 A rare combination of deep technical knowledge and commercial acumen. The Legal 500 2020 RELATED SERVICES TAX CORPORATE & COMMERCIAL DISPUTES EMPLOYMENT DISPUTES PENSIONS DISPUTES PROPERTY DISPUTES PRODUCT LIABILITY IP DISPUTES Transactional Contentious Regulatory Advisory People Difference International Knowledge Search Alumni Join Us Contact Sitemap Privacy Policy Recruitment Privacy Policy Cookies Suspicious Emails Legal Status, Rules and Modern Slavery Environmental Policy Pay Gap Report Follow us Follow us on Linkedin. Opens in a new tab Follow us on Twitter. Opens in a new tab Follow us on Instagram. Opens in a new tab © Travers Smith LLP 2021