HMRC letter: survey: nudge or bona fide?

[yorkshirelad1]

My sister has had the below letter from HMRC asking her to take part in phone research about overseas assets.
Has anyone on TLF seen anything similar?
Does the hive mind of TLF consider this is a bona fide HMRC activity, or is it a terribly clever (too clever for HMRC?) 'nudge' letter reminding her that they think she has some overseas assets she apparently hasn't reported on her tax return recently... (She did have some overseas transactions about 10 years ago that were reported very late about 8 years ago, and she paid the fines, tax & interest and cleared the matter up, so they may have her on their radar)
TIA

[Urbandreamer]

It sort of reminds me about something a comedian said.

For a Joke he told HMRC that he had sold a small amount of cheese overseas because they asked if he had any other income. He couldn't understand why they kept asking about his nonexistent cheese business in the following years.

It is entirely likely that the letter is Genuine. HMRC are naturally keen that people pay the right amount of tax. Personally I suspect politicians of making tax complicated to garner revenue, but I don't suspect HMRC of that.

They may simply wish to know how it is that so many are falling foul of fines and if they can reduce the work of finding people making genuine mistakes. By having such people avoid the mistakes.

I would naturally be cautious with any answers that I chose to provide.

PS I would be VERY surprised if the domain hmrc.gov.uk were not owned by the gov seeing as that domain redirects to gov.uk

[88V8]

Kantar seem to be the govt's go-to for surveys. We used to be on the Crime Survey panel.

This is quite a esoteric subject, so I expect you are right, they have sifted their records of those who have been fined.
I think it is probably genuine.

V8

[1nvest]

Odd that its a opt out (automatically in), rather than a opt in.

Ignore it, and if/when the third party (Kantar) research company make contact, sue HMRC for having breached data protection

[stewamax]

Odd that its a opt out (automatically in), rather than a opt in. Ignore it, and if/when the third party (Kantar) research company make contact, sue HMRC for having breached data protection

And then you won't just be on HMRC's radar but their missiles will be armed and locked on ...

[bluedonkey]

Opt out! Not advisable to answer questions for HMRC unless you have to. One hour of your time and they are not offering anything in return.

[yorkshirelad1]

FT Money: Sat 23 Sept 2023
HMRC boosts scrutiny of overseas accounts
https://www.ft.com/content/69b297ae-7e64-4a6a-ac32-25afd699f158
http://archive.today/2023.09.22-142035/https://www.ft.com/content/69b297ae-7e64-4a6a-ac32-25afd699f158

Perhaps my sister's letter *was* a nudge letter, but maybe a tad subtle....

[Nocton]

Opt out! One hour of your time and they are not offering anything in return.

They are offering "£100 to a charity of your choice".