EDDC03120 - Compliance visit: risks: identity of the business they are trading with
- there is a lack of detail about the supplier’s identity e.g. no address details or HMRC approval number or other HMRC approval number
- the company (where appropriate) does not appear to be as described in Companies House records
- there is no general visibility of the company they intend trading with
- the company they intend trading with:
- has returned only partly completed application or trading forms
- is trading in high value goods from short term lease accommodation and/or residential addresses
- a warehousekeeper has been asked by a third party to receive goods on their behalf from a business which has no obvious business footprint