Michael Goodwin KC joined Michelle Sloane Partner at RPC and Zoe Gascoyne (Zoe G.) Head of Offshore Corporate & Wealthy Operations, Fraud Investigations Service HM Revenue & Customs in a panel discussion at this year’s “Tax Controversy Leaders Conference”.
On the day that the UK Government published its intention to implement the new Failure to Prevent Economic Crime Offence, Michael discussed “What’s next for Tax Crime?” focusing on corporate risk and compliance. Michael offered practical advice on how businesses and their advisors can avoid HMRC criminal investigations and what do when HMRC come knocking at the door.
The discussion included considering: -HMRC’s Fraud Investigation Services’ strategy, -The offence of ‘failing to prevent tax evasion, -The new offence of ‘failure to prevent fraud’, -Dawn raids, -Code of Practice 9, -Deferred prosecution agreements, -Account freezing and forfeiture orders and -International co-operation with other tax authorities and the use of AI
Michael Goodwin KC is ranked as a Leading KC in fraud and business crime by Chambers UK and the Legal 500. Michael defends and prosecutes in the most serious and complex high-profile business and financial crime cases.
He has been instructed in some of the largest serious fraud litigation to be investigated and brought before the courts: https://lnkd.in/ey3cUBB2