{"id":2920,"date":"2026-10-17T20:46:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T20:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/taxinvestigation.co\/new\/?p=2920"},"modified":"2026-10-17T20:46:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T20:46:30","slug":"paye-investigations-what-to-expect-by-david-brindley-and-grant-summers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taxinvestigation.co\/new\/paye-investigations-what-to-expect-by-david-brindley-and-grant-summers\/","title":{"rendered":"PAYE investigations: what to expect by David Brindley and Grant Summers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>David Brindley and Grant Summers outline what HMRC is looking for on a PAYE investigation, and how you can protest yourself against one<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HMRC is continuing its compliance and enforcement activities with PAYE investigations becoming a key area of focus. As the UK government and HMRC seek to close the tax gap, estimated at \u00a346.8 billion in 2023\/24, accountants need to be aware of what will be scrutinised and the risks of non-compliance in order to navigate this complex area.<\/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\/10\/PAYE-investigations-by-David-Brindley-and-Grant-Summers-.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of PAYE investigations by David Brindley and Grant Summers.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-fdc4a9cd-91b6-4c86-9445-b18d8d823db2\" href=\"https:\/\/taxinvestigation.co\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/PAYE-investigations-by-David-Brindley-and-Grant-Summers-.pdf\">PAYE investigations by David Brindley and Grant Summers<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/taxinvestigation.co\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/PAYE-investigations-by-David-Brindley-and-Grant-Summers-.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-fdc4a9cd-91b6-4c86-9445-b18d8d823db2\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Brindley and Grant Summers outline what HMRC is looking for on a PAYE investigation, and how you can protest yourself against one. HMRC is continuing its compliance and enforcement activities with PAYE investigations becoming a key area of focus. As the UK government and HMRC seek to close the tax gap, estimated at \u00a346.8 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[88],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-october-november-2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/taxinvestigation.co\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2920","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=2920"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/taxinvestigation.co\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2922,"href":"https:\/\/taxinvestigation.co\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2920\/revisions\/2922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/taxinvestigation.co\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taxinvestigation.co\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taxinvestigation.co\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}