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HMRC Programme Award Threshold and Key Features

Certain of the HMRC tax rewards programme provisions mirror key features of the US IRS Whistleblower Program that have made the IRS Program a success and are likely to do the same for HMRC’s programme.

Key Features

  • Threshold: HMRC’s tax collection threshold of £1.5 million to qualify for an award will allow the agency to cull out less significant matters and focus instead on cases with the potential for high returns. This will allow investigative resources to be allocated most efficiently and effectively.
  • Floor and Ceiling on Rewards: HMRC’s range of rewards between 15% and 30% is crucial to incentivising informants and their counsel to participate in the programme, while ensuring the reward is limited to protect the public purse.
  • No Caps on Rewards: Beyond the percentage limits, there will be no cap on the size of the reward, i.e., the greater the recovery, the greater the reward. This has proven to be key to the success of the IRS Whistleblower Program in incentivising high-value claims.

HMRC is poised to embrace this programme and take full advantage of the information and resources which will be coming its way. HMRC has a long and accomplished history of successfully working with informants. Under the new HMRC programme, an enhanced category of informants backed by their counsel’s resources will emerge. Once embraced by the highly experienced HMRC investigators, the results should exceed anything seen to date.

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The HMRC tax rewards programme provides opportunities for individuals in the UK, and around the world, with knowledge of UK tax violations to report this information to HMRC and to be rewarded for their efforts. Getnick Law has worked for decades with knowledgeable individuals both domestically and internationally to assist them in reporting fraud.

If you have information regarding a large tax avoidance or evasion scheme that impacts taxes owed to the United Kingdom, fill out our contact form or call us at (212) 376-5666 for a free evaluation of your potential case. We represent our whistleblower clients on a contingent fee basis, meaning that an attorney’s fee is paid only if your case is successful.