Joe McDermott

Related services

• Tax Investigations & Disputes
• Tax Investigations
• Tax Disclosures
• Appeals & Tribunals

Based in London, Joe is a Director who specialises in tax disputes. Prior to joining inTAX, he worked for HMRC as an investigator in the Fraud Investigation Service.

Specialist expertise

Joe specialises in helping clients to resolve tax disputes and guiding them through HMRC investigations, enquiries and disclosures. His clients include individuals, partnerships and owner-managed businesses.
Joe is highly experienced in dealing with all types of HMRC enquiry. He helps clients to minimise unnecessary tax, interest and penalties and, in the most severe cases, avoid criminal investigation. He also advises individuals suspected of tax fraud who are being investigated by HMRC under Code of Practice 9 (COP9).

As Joe is an ex-HMRC investigator, he has extensive knowledge of its inspection powers, assessing time limits and penalty procedures. Joe is also highly skilled in identifying HMRC’s concerns and restricting enquiries to those isolated issues.

About Joe

Joe joined HMRC in 2014 on the tax specialist programme and qualified as a fully trained Inspector of Taxes. Whilst there, he led tax enquiries into individuals and owner-managed businesses as part of the Mid-Size Business Unit and also led COP9 investigations in the Fraud Investigation Service. Joe joined the inTAX team in 2018.

Outside of work, Joe is a keen sportsman and enjoys playing a round of golf.

Qualifications

Fully trained Inspector of Taxes (HMRC)