Taxpayer advocate
Expert in taxpayer defence
Sam is a specialist tax lawyer with over 20 years’ experience guiding taxpayers through Inland Revenue investigations and prosecutions, resolving disputes and negotiating tax debt.
He is committed to providing comprehensive and innovative solutions tailored to the specific needs of his clients.
Sam is personable and approachable. He can help you understand the nuances of tax issues and your options in simple terms and will work with you to achieve the best available outcome in the circumstances.
Areas of practice
Tax investigations
Investigations by Inland Revenue can be stressful and time consuming. Having Sam navigate you through the process can not only help alleviate the strain, but can also reduce the risk of substantial penalties being imposed. Missteps during an investigation can be costly. Sam can assist you in all your interactions with Inland Revenue’s investigator, including at interviews and when responding to information requests, to ensure that missteps are not made.
Tax prosecutions
Tax offences are serious and the consequences of conviction can be grave. Charges can sometimes come as a surprise, with no warning given by Inland Revenue before a Court summons arrives. Sam can take some uncertainty out of the process by helping you understand what options may be available to you and outline the potential outcomes of the prosecution proceedings so that you can make the choices that are best for you. He will work with you to ensure that any available defences are pursued, and where applicable, mitigation of sentence is effective.
Tax disputes
The statutory tax disputes process is complex. It is replete with sudden-death time limits and strict procedural requirements. Taxpayer burnout is common. With Sam alongside you in the process, he can canvas tactics with you, and ensure that the best technical and evidential arguments are made in an effort to resolving the matter before it reaches Court. If it is necessary, he is also well-placed to put a persuasive case before a Court.
Tax debt
Inland Revenue employs an array of tools to recover unpaid tax from taxpayers. Bankruptcy and liquidation proceedings are often threatened or commenced to pressure taxpayers for payment. However, with the right approach and information, it is very often possible to negotiate a compromise which might involve an element of write-off. Sam can guide you to a realistic settlement and remove the threat of insolvency.
Tax advice
Tax law is complex and ever changing. With a deep knowledge of tax law and Inland Revenue practice, Sam can help you understand your tax obligations by providing specialist independent advice. For proposed transactions, Sam can help you access Inland Revenue’s Rulings regime which can provide additional certainty. Tax advice provided by Sam has the added advantage of remaining completely confidential from Inland Revenue as legal professional privilege would protect all communications passing between you and him.
“I know that tax problems are stressful and time consuming. Let me lighten the load.”
– Sam Davies
Get in touch
To make an enquiry please complete the form below describing your problem and what you want to achieve. You may also email or call to discuss your concerns.