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UK Corporate Criminal Offences for failure to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion Designing Guidance and Adequate Procedures Richard Vause Senior Policy Advisor, United Kingdom, HM Revenue & Customs

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Page 1: Designing Guidance and Adequate Procedures UK Corporate ... · Risk Assessment Procedures Top Level Commitment Due Diligence Monitoring & Review Comms & Training. Corporate self-reporting

UKCorporateCriminalOffencesforfailuretopreventthefacilitationoftaxevasion

DesigningGuidanceandAdequateProcedures

RichardVauseSeniorPolicyAdvisor,UnitedKingdom,HMRevenue&Customs

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Holdingcorporationsresponsible

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Changingcorporateliabilitymodel

‘Directingmindandwill’

Corporatefailuretoprevent

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Failuretopreventmodel

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Reachingrelevantcorporations

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Whatcorporationscanbeliable?UKTaxoffence OverseasTaxOffence

•Whereveracorporateisbased,ifitdealswithUKtaxes,itisinscope

• Foroverseastaxes,ifanorganisationhasaUKpresence,itisinscope

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Reasonableproceduresdefence

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Reasonableproceduresdefence

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Whathappensifacorporateisconvicted?

• Acriminalconvictioncouldresultin:o Anunlimitedpenaltyo Directordisqualificationo Exclusionfrombiddingforpubliccontractso Lossoflicenseinaregulatedsector

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Reasonableprocedures

RiskAssessment

Procedures

TopLevelCommitment

DueDiligence

Monitoring&Review

Comms&Training

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• SignedoffbyChancellor

GovernmentGuidance

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Reasonableprocedures

RiskAssessment

Procedures

TopLevelCommitment

DueDiligence

Monitoring&Review

Comms&Training

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Corporateself-reporting

• ChancellorinGovernmentGuidance:“timelyself-reportinganindicatorofreasonableprocedures”

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Workingwithindustryonguidance

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Sector-specificguidance

• Workedwithindustrytoproducesector-specificguidance

• Offertoallsectors• Chancellorendorsed,givinggovernmentcontroloverthisguidance

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