Genuine question: what would happen if my small UK company didn't pay its corporation tax?
Ninja edit: Most accountants in the UK offer up an insurance that covers your accountants fees if you are investigated by HMRC. It's about £120 per year for the insurance and in my opinion a very sensible form of protection. HMRC don't always need a reason to investigate, some "high risk" businesses are selected randomly.
Is this strategy not extortion?
For freelance earnings, I've been offered similar accountancy insurance as well. I was told that if I was investigated (not because I'd done anything wrong, just from random selection) it could cost several thousand to pay an accountant to do the work an audit would require. This always struck me as a broken system.