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Home » News & Insights » Undisclosed Offshore Income & Capital Gains

Undisclosed Offshore Income & Capital Gains

Posted on 29th August 2018

Effective Date

30 September 2018 – a vitally important date for all those who have, previously undisclosed offshore income and gains. This is the date by which clients will have had to disclose income and gains and settled any tax liabilities arising.

Penalties

A number of new laws become effective from this date, not least of all the potential for penalties to double from 100 to 200% of the potential lost revenue where HMRC subsequently discover undisclosed income and gains, plus a potential further 10% of the value of the overseas assets held.

Intention to Defraud?

In addition, HMRC no longer have to prove there was intention to defraud the exchequer when sending cases for criminal prosecution. Whilst it is tempting to rant about the inequity of such rules, practitioners need to focus on telling clients about this to avoid them potentially becoming subject to the higher penalty regime.

HMRC will Check

From October 2017, the UK was an early adopter of the Common Reporting Standard between the UK and 90 other countries. This is essentially a financial information exchange mechanism so the chances are HMRC may already know about some assets. From 1 October 2018, approximately 127 countries will be exchanging information with the UK. It is expected that this information will feed into HMRC’s Connect system to be compared with entries on tax returns.

Summary

From 1st October this year the UK tax system has essentially declared war on all those who have failed to take advantage of previous offshore disclosure opportunities.

This is the last chance to do so before HMRC effectively has the right to impose the most punitive civil penalty regime in the country’s modern history.

We would urge clients to contact Avanti as a matter of urgency, to make sure that they will not be caught by the new legislation.

For penalties see our other article on the “requirement to correct”

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Disclaimer:- The information contained herein is given by way of general guidance only and no action should be taken solely on the basis of the information contained herein. The Avanti Group (UK) Ltd will be pleased to provide further guidance on the issues, and how they might affect you. No liability is accepted by the firm for any action taken without seeking appropriate professional advice

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