Where are we now with the Criminal Finance Act 2017 – The New Tax Evasion Offence – Drystone Chambers

Posted December 11th, 2018 in financial regulation, news, tax evasion by sally

‘The Criminal Finance Act 2017 introduced two new offences: some eighteen months on I consider below how it is being used. The offences were first mooted after the panama papers scandal, prompted by the then Prime Minister’s involvement in it. Due to this the offences were considered to be largely politically motivated and the practicalities of using them were not really considered. In my view they will very rarely be used, if at all, but that does not mean that companies do not have to monitor the measures they have put in place to comply with the legislation. The majority of prosecutions are going to come from self disclosures or whistle blowers, if at all.’

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Drystone Chambers, November 2018

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