In conversation with HM Revenue & Customs and IRS Criminal Investigation

Our guests on this occasion are Simon York, Director of HMRC’s Fraud Investigation Service (“FIS”), and James Lee, Chief of Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (“IRS CI”). The two “Chiefs” will share their insights on the synergies, strategic alignment, and operational objectives of two of the world’s most advanced tax enforcement agencies.

Issues covered during the conversation will include:

• The core enforcement priorities and powers of the two organisations

• The genesis and evolution of the J5 tax enforcement alliance – what next?

• The impact of behaviours on compliance responses in areas which have traditionally been the subject of civil enquiry (such as Transfer Pricing and crypto assets)

• Data sharing and triage, and how tax enforcement interacts with other economic crime enforcement agencies

• How evolving landscapes such as the UK’s Corporate “failure to prevent” regimes and the US Corporate Transparency Act might impact future enforcement thinking.

For businesses whose operating footprints bring them into contact with HMRC and the IRS this is a must-attend event. Andrew Sackey, Head of Pinsent Masons Tax Fraud Investigations (former Deputy Director of FIS’ specialist “Offshore, Corporate and Wealthy” compliance division) will chair the event and the conversation will be led by John Carroll, Pinsent Masons consultant and former Serious Fraud Office COO and Joseph Rillotta a partner at specialist US firm Miller & Chevalier and former Counsellor to the IRS.