Tax investigation and Citizenship application

[marsmars]

Hi all,

This is a bit of a difficult one.

I have been in teh UK for 7 years and in April will have had IRL for 12months allowing me to apply for BC.

However, during my time in the UK I have been employed through an offshore (Gurensey) company for about 4 of those years. I now have an HMRC investigation into the tax years 05/06 and 06/07. This has been going on for some time and HMRC have never come back to me stating that I own them any money.

It transpires that the structure of the company may not have been legitimate and at some point I may be required to pay back taxes. I have the money set aside to do so (most of) but how could this affect my application.

If it is still in limbo before I apply does this means I will have my application refused or will they just sit on it until the tax situation is resolved.

or will they just decline in straight up. Looking through the good character requirements clause 7.6.3 states-
Caseworkers would not expect to naturalise persons who have deliberately failed to pay the taxes and contributions for which they are liable, especially where fraud or dishonesty is involved. If there is any doubt, a police interview should be considered (see below). Care should be taken to discriminate between “avoidanceâ€