The compliance team exists to protect our clients and colleagues by ensuring that the work that RCK produce is fair, correct, and well-evidenced. At RCK we take responsibility for the review process, as well as acting as a hub for tax-technical expertise and dealing with any correspondence with the tax authorities. Our compliance and review team has been made totally independent of our delivery team, as opposed to a more common peer review process.
The team scrutinise each claim with the tax inspector mindset before it goes out – so we have all the answers to the questions HMRC might ask. Not only does this reduce the risk of enquiry, but it makes dealing with those that do arise much more efficient.
Reviews take place at the submission stage when written evidence of R&D is drafted, the financial assessment has been calculated, and the complete submission package has been finalised. We also have a daily check up with our consultants to make sure nothing slips through the gaps.
Former HMRC R&D Compliance Officer and current RCK HMRC Liaison, Alex Marshall, shares his insight on how compliance is everything when claiming R&D tax relief. Compliance within the R&D tax relief scheme has never been more important, with the results of HMRC’s Mandatory Random Enquiry Programme (MREP), outlining greater levels of error and fraud than previously expected, resulting in a major overhaul in activity to tackle non-compliance. But how did we get here?
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