HMRC Enquiry Defence

HMRC has challenged your R&D claim. They've opened a compliance check. They're alleging fraud. The accountant who prepared the claim doesn't know what to do next.

I've defended claims worth hundreds of thousands of pounds - including fraud allegations - and had them accepted without amendment. I've taken cases to tribunal preparation and had them resolved in the client's favour.

If your client - or your company - is facing an HMRC challenge on an R&D claim, this is where to start.

R&D Tax Credits

I prepare and review R&D tax credit claims for companies with genuine research and development activity. Every claim is built to withstand HMRC scrutiny - technical narratives that demonstrate real technological uncertainty, cost
schedules that survive a compliance check.

Whether you need a claim prepared from scratch, a second opinion on an existing claim, or specialist input on a complex multi-project programme, I can help.

Patent Box

Patent Box reduces corporation tax on qualifying patent profits from 25% to 10%. The election is straightforward. The computation often isn't.

I handle multi-stream income allocation, group IP ownership structures, transfer pricing on intra-group arrangements, and HMRC challenges to existing Patent Box claims. If your client holds qualifying patents and the numbers are worth
optimising, it's worth a conversation.

SEIS/EIS Structuring

Standard advance assurance applications are well-trodden ground. I get involved when they're not - connected persons complications, financial health requirement failures, rejected applications, multi-round funding transitions, and structures that don't fit HMRC's template.

If you're an advisor or investor and the SEIS/EIS structure has a wrinkle, I can help unpick it.

EMI Schemes

I handle the complex end of Enterprise Management Incentive schemes - HMRC valuation disputes, disqualifying events, restructuring complications, and interaction between EMI and SEIS/EIS limits. If the EMI scheme has hit a problem, I can help resolve it.

How I Work With Other Professionals

Most of my work comes through referrals from accountants, lawyers, and corporate finance advisors. The model is simple:

Your client stays your client: I handle the specialist issue and step away when it's resolved. I don't compete with you. I don't do compliance, bookkeeping, or general tax advisory. I'm the specialist you call for the one case a year that needs 25 years of experience.

I also offer CPD sessions for professional teams and second opinion reviews on complex claims before submission.

Email: info@iptaxsolutions.co.uk
Phone: 0161 961 0096