Introduction
- The problem of tax evasion
- Why is it important to us?
Tax laws don't just apply only to those who deal with calculating or managing taxes. They apply to everyone.
The UK Criminal Finances Act 2017 makes it a criminal offence to facilitate tax evasion by anyone in the UK or abroad.
Our Preventing the Facilitation of Tax Evasion Course will help your employees to spot and combat this risk.
Available as part of our Compliance Essentials Library.
This course will prepare your employees to:
- The problem of tax evasion
- Why is it important to us?
- What is tax avoidance?
- Make the call: Tax evasion or tax avoidance?
- Make the call: Is it facilitation of tax evasion?
- The key stages of the UK offence
- The offences
- Scope of the law
- Cases in the news
- Make the call: Who is an associated person?
- Requirements for issuing UWOs
- Responding to a UWO
- You decide: Managing the risks
- Scenario: The relationship manager
- Scenario: The HNW client
- Scenario: A US client (FATCA)
- Make the call: To report or not?
- You decide: Unfounded suspicion
40 minutes
Suitable for all staff - examples and interactivities designed for staff at all levels.
No previous knowledge or experience required.
SHARD-compliant, responsive display on all devices, accessibility on screen readers, visual design controlled via a client style sheet.
10-question assessment.
Ability to offer optional test-out, whereby users can choose to skip the course content and complete the learning assignment simply by passing the assessment Deployment AICC and SCORM 1.2-compliant, suitable for both hosted and deployed SCORM or AICC.
AICC and SCORM 1.2-compliant, suitable for both hosted and deployed SCORM or AICC.
All Windows, Mac OSX, iOS, Android (Flash-free for mobile compatibility).
Fully customisable on Skillcast Portal CMS.
Pre-translated versions not available, but all text content can be exported for translation into all languages.
Based on UK legislation, but suitable for global audiences upon the removal of UK-specific references and translation as necessary.