Civil Investigations of Fraud

We resolve Civil Investigations of Fraud (CIF) for businesses across the UK in a cost-effective, timely manner using our 20 years of experience with HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) to bring them to a speedy conclusion.

Civil Investigations of Fraud are a very serious matter and all these kinds of tax cases are stressful, time-consuming and complex.

They can be extremely hard on you, your business and accountants not well-versed in dealing with suspected tax evasion and tax fraud.

However, with our experience of working as an Inspector of Taxes, we quickly establish where HMRC's CIF units are leading investigations and determine the best outcome for you.

We specialise in tax cases investigated under HMRC's COP8 or COP9 codes with further information about these services available on our Code of Practice 8 and Code of Practice 9 pages.

We take full control of any Civil Investigations of Fraud cases so you can concentrate on your business while we defend your position and ensure you are treated fairly under the law.

All our CIF services are competitively-priced and we will work on an hourly basis or under a fixed fee arrangement.

We are non-judgemental and can assist you with any CIF enquiry and, to save your time and money, if we don’t think we can help we'll let you know at the outset.

HMRC's CIF units are responsible for investigating suspected tax fraud or evasion totalling less than £500,000.

Tax investigation cases above this limit are handed on to another HMRC department with further information available on our Special Civil Investigations page.

We also deal with a range of other Tax Investigations with further information available on the following pages of our website:

If you're a business under investigation by HMRC's CIF unit and want to find out more about our Civil Investigations of Fraud (CIF) service contact us on 0845 409 4955 or at advice@palmerandcook.com.