Facilitation of Tax Evasion: Don’t Be the Helper
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Understand the corporate offence under the Criminal Finances Act 2017, recognise requests to help someone evade tax, and refuse and report them.
- Assign to
- All staff
- Duration
- 25 minutes
- Evidence
- 10-question quiz
- Your version
- Editable
What they will be able to do
- Explain the failure to prevent facilitation of tax evasion offences.
- Tell legal tax planning from evasion, and recognise requests to help.
- Refuse, record and report.
The course
- 01The offence
- 02What it looks like
- 03Refusing well
The decision they practise
In “Mr Carter’s invoice”, a face-to-face conversation, learners practise what to say and do when the other person pushes back. The wrong options are things a well-meaning person might genuinely say, and the feedback explains why each one is tempting. Short animations show “Who commits what” and “From evasion to honest paperwork”.
How you know they finished
The 10-question quiz mixes multiple choice and matching questions and returns to the opening story.
Roll it out with
Relevant legislation and guidance
The course draws on these. Which ones apply depends on the organisation and the role. Finishing the course is a training record.
- Criminal Finances Act 2017
How this course is built
Interactive activity
Learners practise the decision in the course, including what to say when someone pushes back.
Edit it in the builder
On Growth and above, adapt the scenarios and wording to your own workplace, policies and reporting procedures.
A record they finished
The 10-question quiz closes the course, so you can show who completed it.
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