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Preventing the Facilitation of Tax Evasion

Tax laws don't only apply to those who calculate or manage taxes. They apply to everyone. Although no one likes to pay tax, there is a clear distinction between avoiding tax and evading tax.

Tax evasion is the deliberate failure by a person or company to declare, or to under-declare, taxable transactions. The UK Criminal Finances Act 2017 makes it a criminal offence to facilitate tax evasion.

Our Preventing the Facilitation of Tax Evasion Course will help your employees understand tax evasion as well as spot and combat this risk.

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  • 15 Minutes
  • All staff
  • Based on UK legislation, but suitable for global audiences upon the removal of UK-specific references and translation as necessary.

Learning objectives

  • Recognise the difference between tax evasion and tax avoidance
  • Appreciate the measures that our Company has introduced to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion
  • Identify red flags that indicate a risk of tax evasion
  • Conduct a risk assessment to apply due diligence procedures
  • Take action to report suspicions of tax evasion and document those suspicions accordingly

    What can you expect your employees to learn?

Introduction

  • The problem of tax evasion
  • Why is it important to us?

What is tax evasion?

  • Examples of tax evasion
  • What is tax avoidance?
  • You make the call: Tax evasion or tax avoidance?

Facilitation of tax evasion

  • Examples of facilitation
  • You make the call: Is it facilitation of tax evasion?
  • The key stages of the UK offence
  • Revenue & tax fraud
  • The offences
  • Scope of the law
  • Cases: In the news...

Associated persons

  • You make the call: Who is an associated person?

Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWO)

  • Requirements for issuing UWOs
  • Responding to a UWO

Best practices for preventing tax evasion

  • You decide: Managing the risks
  • Scenario: The relationship manager
  • Scenario: The HNW client
  • Scenario: A US client (FATCA)
  • You make the call: To report or not?
  • You decide: Unfounded suspicion

Summary

Affirmation

Does your company have…

Under 50 employees?

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Over 50 employees?

We have a range of flexible pricing plans to suit your unique needs. Choose from off-the-shelf course libraries or a customised, bespoke approach to reach your compliance learning goals.

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Your questions, answered

Common FAQs

Are the courses SCORM-compliant?

Yes. This means they can be delivered via the Skillcast Portal or any other SCORM-compliant Learning Management System.

What other tools are needed beyond training?

A comprehensive compliance solution often needs more than just training. Alongside e-learning, tools like declarations, surveys, and registers that track compliance tasks are usually essential. Skillcast provides full support to help you set up these additional tools.

Can users only view the courses assigned to them?

No. All users can view all the courses in your Portal. Additionally, some of these courses may be mandatory, requiring completion by the given deadline.