Plain-English guides to HMRC compliance checks, tax investigations and personal insurance, written by the team at Solar Insurance Services. Start with the guide closest to your situation; each one links to the related topics.
HMRC enquiries and tax investigation guides
- Received an HMRC compliance check letter? What to do
- Aspect vs full enquiry: what kind of check are you facing?
- How far back can HMRC go? The 4, 6 and 20 year rules
- HMRC penalties for tax return errors
- HMRC VAT compliance checks
- IR35 and off-payroll enquiries
- Employer compliance checks
- Discovery assessments
- Schedule 36 information notices
- HMRC nudge letters
- The Let Property Campaign
- Tax avoidance vs tax evasion
- DOTAS scheme reference numbers
- COP8 investigations
- COP9 fraud investigations and the Contractual Disclosure Facility
- The Managing Serious Defaulters programme
- ADR in tax disputes
- Who pays your accountant in an HMRC enquiry
- Tax investigation insurance for landlords
- Tax investigation insurance for sole traders
- Tax investigation insurance for contractors
Business and commercial insurance guides
- Employers’ liability insurance requirements
- Employers’ liability vs public liability
- Professional indemnity vs public liability
- Directors and officers (D&O) liability insurance
- The Employers’ Liability Tracing Office (ELTO)
- The FCA business interruption test case
- What is public liability insurance?
- What is professional indemnity insurance?
- RIDDOR: what must be reported to HSE
- The Financial Ombudsman Service explained
- Professional indemnity insurance for accountants
- What is business interruption insurance?
- Cyber insurance for business
- Product liability insurance (Consumer Protection Act 1987)
- Commercial property insurance
- Management liability insurance
- Engineering inspection insurance (LOLER)
- Goods in transit insurance
- Contractors all risks (CAR) insurance
HMRC powers and tax avoidance guides
- Accelerated payment notices and follower notices
- The General Anti-Abuse Rule (GAAR)
- HMRC Time to Pay arrangements
- The Worldwide Disclosure Facility (offshore)
- Making Tax Digital for Income Tax (MTD for ITSA)
- Professional Conduct in Relation to Taxation (PCRT)
- The Construction Industry Scheme (CIS)
- VAT penalty points: HMRC’s late submission system
- Anti-money laundering supervision for accountants
Motor insurance guides
- The Motor Insurers’ Bureau (MIB)
- Continuous Insurance Enforcement and the MID
- Car insurance fronting: what it is and why it’s illegal
- Named driver vs main driver
- Car insurance write-off categories (Cat A, B, S, N)
- Car insurance groups explained (1 to 50)
- Telematics (black box) car insurance
- GAP insurance explained
- Car insurance classes of use (SDP, commuting, business)
- Electric car insurance
Property owners insurance guides
- Property owners’ liability insurance
- HMO insurance and licensing
- Landlord insurance explained
- Block of flats insurance and the freeholder’s duty
- Rent guarantee insurance (tenant default)
- Unoccupied property insurance for landlords
- Reinstatement cost assessment and underinsurance
- Holiday let insurance
- Subsidence and buildings insurance
Personal insurance guides
- Personal insurance from Solar Protect
- Underinsurance and the average clause
- Listed building home insurance
- Flood Re explained
- Home insurance with a subsidence history
- Unoccupied home insurance
- Answering home insurance questions correctly
- Statement of fact vs proposal form
- The Insurance Act 2015 and fair presentation
- Agreed value vs market value
- FSCS protection for insurance
Solar Protect arranges tax investigation insurance through accountants and personal insurance directly. Get a quote or contact us.