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Enquiry Support and HMRC dispute resolution services

InnoFund is one of the UKs leading HMRC Enquiry Support and Dispute resolution specialists and a trusted partner to accountants and tax boutiques who refer work for complex tax disputes with HMRC.

Our enquiry support services can aid clients resolve a HMRC enquiry into R&D Tax, Capital Allowances (CA), Patent Box Relief and Land Remediation Relief(LRR) no matter the stage of enquiry we offer:

  • A solution tailored to your business and your objectives
  • Multi-disciplinary team including industry specific experts, tax consultants, CEDR accredited mediators, ex-HMRC inspectors and Tax Lawyers
  • Insights into an ever-evolving landscape of HMRC requirements and policy change

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Our relationship with HMRC

As one of the UKs leading HMRC dispute resolution experts we have extensive experience in dealing with HMRC and working with their compliance teams to resolve enquiries. We have a good working relationship with HMRC and understand the information required to maximise the chances of a successful outcome.

Faqs

Frequently Asked Questions

What if I receive a penalty notice?

Penalties can be 0-30% of the tax due where the submission is deemed “careless”, between 20-70% for deliberately submitting incorrect information and 30-100% if the claim is deemed to be deliberately incorrect and concealed.

Depending on your circumstances InnoFund can assist in reducing or completely mitigating penalties regardless of what stage you are at within the enquiry.

An enquiry lasts as long as the HMRC inspector needs until their concerns are addressed, however there is many actions you can take to speed up the proccess.

InnoFund’s compliance team is split between property taxes, including chartered surveyors, construction managers and valuers and innovation incentives, including PhD engineers and sector specific experts. Both teams have finance leads including ex-Big-Four tax consultants and a chartered accountant, compliance leads including ex-HMRC inspectors and tax lawyers and mediation leads accredited by Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR). All enquiries at InnoFund are led by Simba Mareverwa due to his unrivalled experience in HMRC disputes and expertise as both a Chartered Accountant and Accredited Mediator.

We appreciate every enquiry is unique and as a part of your defence strategy we will curate a bespoke team to increase your chances of a successful outcome which is dependent on the type of queries raised by the inspector, the current stage of the enquiry and what expertise is needed to resolve the enquiry. For example, we will often bring in external academics and sector specialists for unbiased witness testimony in R&D Tax disputes.

Team

Compliance Team

Mak Okay-Ikenegbu

Head of Capital Allowances

  • Fellow CABE, Fellow CIOB, chartered surveyor and valuer
  • PhD Surveying, MSc Architectural Engineering
  • 15 years experience in Capital Allowance claims and enquiries 

Simba Mareverwa

Head of Compliance & Tax Disputes

  • 20+ Years in Corporation Tax compliance, previously head of HMRC disputes at UK’s largest R&D Tax firm
  • Defended the most R&D Tax claims in enquiry by volume in the UK
  • Chartered Accountant and Accredited mediatior

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