EY Global Tax Controversy Flash Newsletter (Issue 55) | HMRC evolves its compliance approach with new ‘Guidelines for Compliance’

Revenue authority compliance strategy is evolving rapidly, with many agencies moving away from costly “downstream” interventions (i.e., tax audits) and focusing increasingly on “compliance assurance.”

A new program from His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs — Guidelines for Compliance (GfC) — propels this evolution forward and other jurisdictions may soon replicate the program.

Under the new compliance assurance ethos, the onus is put on taxpayers to prove that not only are their returns accurate, b…