A guide and letters for responding to an HMRC compliance check – enquiry opening letters, informal requests and formal information notices, what HMRC can and cannot ask for, time limits, asking for more time, protecting privileged material, meetings, closure notices and settlement.
Letters to HMRC & personal tax
Responding to an HMRC Compliance Check or Enquiry into Your Tax Return
About this document
HMRC can open an enquiry into a Self Assessment return, usually within 12 months of the date the return was filed, or check other taxes. It may ask for information informally or issue a formal information notice. Responding promptly, accurately and in an organised way – and only with what is reasonably required – helps the check close quickly.
The document is laid out in the sections below. Each one comes with a plain-English guidance note explaining what it does and what to change.
Our templates are professionally structured starting points for UK businesses, not legal advice. For anything complex, unusual or high-value, have your final version checked by a solicitor.
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