Special Civil Investigations

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

HMRC's Special Civil Investigations is responsible for investigating suspected tax evasion or fraud where HMRC believes the overall liability exceeds £500,000.

Tax investigation cases below this limit are handed on to another HMRC unit with further information available on our Civil Investigations of Fraud (CIF) page.

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

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

However, with our experience of working as Inspector of Taxes, we quickly establish where HRMC's Special Civil Investigations are leading and determine the best outcome for you.

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

We specialise in tax cases being investigated under HMRC's Code 8 (COP8) or Code 9 (COP9) 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 Special Civil Investigation so you can concentrate on your business while we defend your position and ensure you are treated fairly under the law.

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

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

If you're under investigation by HMRC's SCI department and want to find out more about our Special Civil Investigations service contact us on 0845 409 4955 or at advice@palmerandcook.com.