Strengthening the Tax Avoidance Disclosure Regime

We appreciate the Government’s intentions behind widening the net of the DOTAS regime, however in our response to their consultation, we question whether it will be effective in catching the more unscrupulous promoters. At the same time this move is likely to increase the number of less controversial arrangements that are discloseable – including some that low paid workers may be caught up in. In our view, catching these arrangements in DOTAS will not be helpful to the workers – or HMRC.