{"id":2863,"date":"2026-08-24T02:04:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T02:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/taxinvestigation.co\/new\/?p=2863"},"modified":"2026-08-24T02:04:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T02:04:22","slug":"time-to-come-clean-by-sarah-mawson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taxinvestigation.co\/new\/time-to-come-clean-by-sarah-mawson\/","title":{"rendered":"Time to Come Clean by Sarah Mawson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>With HMRC under pressure to ramp up its action against ESS, Sarah Mawson explains why now is the time to disclose<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One year on from our article \u2018ESS under renewed HMRC focus\u2019, recent developments in HMRC\u2019s campaign against Electronic Sales Suppression (ESS) have signalled a shift in their compliance strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With legal action now impacting those behind the creation and distribution of ESS tools, HMRC is under renewed pressure to extend its focus to the businesses that used them. For those that may have used these tools, the opportunity to come forward voluntarily is narrowing and the risks associated with inaction are growing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This article explores why HMRC is now under more pressure than ever to act, what businesses can expect in the months ahead, and why making a disclosure now is imperative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Download the full article below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/taxinvestigation.co\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Time-to-come-clean-by-Sarah-Mawson-.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Time to come clean by Sarah Mawson.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-f2a7fd2e-2820-4eff-8c10-3815c1bcec98\" href=\"https:\/\/taxinvestigation.co\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Time-to-come-clean-by-Sarah-Mawson-.pdf\">Time to come clean by Sarah Mawson<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/taxinvestigation.co\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Time-to-come-clean-by-Sarah-Mawson-.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-f2a7fd2e-2820-4eff-8c10-3815c1bcec98\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With HMRC under pressure to ramp up its action against ESS, Sarah Mawson explains why now is the time to disclose. One year on from our article \u2018ESS under renewed HMRC focus\u2019, recent developments in HMRC\u2019s campaign against Electronic Sales Suppression (ESS) have signalled a shift in their compliance strategy. With legal action now impacting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-august-september-2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/taxinvestigation.co\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/taxinvestigation.co\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/taxinvestigation.co\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taxinvestigation.co\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taxinvestigation.co\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2863"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/taxinvestigation.co\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2865,"href":"https:\/\/taxinvestigation.co\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2863\/revisions\/2865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/taxinvestigation.co\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taxinvestigation.co\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taxinvestigation.co\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}