OUR SERVICES
When you hit a bump
Expert support when you need it most
A brown envelope from HMRC. A container held at the port. A VAT check that's turned into something bigger. These are the moments when the right response in the first 48 hours shapes everything that follows. Talk to us before you talk to them.
Responses to tax investigation and advice
Tax Investigations
Anything you say to HMRC can be used in their assessment. Most people say too much, too early. Whether it's a routine compliance check, a Code of Practice 8 enquiry into complex arrangements, or a Code of Practice 9 letter — which means HMRC suspects fraud — the first response sets the tone. We assess your exposure, advise on whether and how to disclose, draft every reply, sit beside you in interviews and negotiate penalties down. As your authorised agent, HMRC deals with us — and your solicitor gets a finance team that speaks their language.
- Exposure assessment before any contact with HMRC
- Voluntary disclosures and settlement proposals
- Every letter drafted; interviews attended with you
- Penalty mitigation and negotiation
- Liaison with your solicitor and forensic specialists where needed
Import VAT Compliance
VAT Compliance
Postponed VAT accounting is the best cash-flow tool an importer has — until your VAT return stops matching your customs declarations. Then it's the fastest way to trigger a check. We reconcile your postponed import VAT statements to your returns, check classification, origin and valuation, register overseas businesses for UK VAT and get the records audit-ready before HMRC asks. Domestic VAT too: Making Tax Digital returns, partial exemption, OSS and IOSS for EU sales, the construction reverse charge. Valentis is part of a group that includes Mercium, a UK freight forwarder and customs broker, so we see import VAT from both sides of the border.
- Postponed import VAT statements reconciled to your VAT returns
- Classification, origin and valuation checks on customs declarations
- UK VAT registration for overseas businesses importing into the UK
- Audit preparation and HMRC enquiry support
- Domestic VAT: Making Tax Digital returns, partial exemption, OSS/IOSS, reverse charge