Taxpayer arrests fall to five-year low
An RPC report has found that arrests made by the HMRC have fallen to a five-year low. The firm said that only 782 taxpayer arrests were made last year, which ...
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Melissa Tatton appointed as HMRC’s tax assurance commissioner
Melissa Tatton has been appointed as HMRC’s tax assurance commissioner, overseeing the assurance and dispute governance arrangements that allow Parliament and the public to be confident that HMRC secures the ...
Restaurateurs disqualified for failing to pay £4m in taxes
Two restaurateurs from Glasgow have been banned for a total of 17 years after they caused a loss to HMRC of more than £4m in unpaid taxes. Sukdev Gill signed ...
Airport car park boss must repay £300,000 over tax fraud
A jailed airport car park boss must repay almost £300,000 in stolen tax or face another three years in prison. Brian Pearson, was jailed in October 2017 for three years ...
HMRC delays implementation of reverse charge VAT
HMRC has announced a one-year delay to 2020 to the introduction of reverse charge VAT in the construction sector, which was due to be implemented next month, after industry bodies ...
Father and son sentenced for horse box fraud
A father and son who ran businesses that bought and sold horse boxes have been sentenced after an investigation into a £1.5m VAT fraud. Geoffrey Butchers, of Daventry, Northamptonshire, failed ...
Charity treasurer jailed for stealing £330,000 in Gift Aid
A charity treasurer who tried to steal more than £330,000 in a Gift Aid repayment fraud has been jailed for three years. Dale Hicks, 35, of Cheadle, Stoke-on-Trent, abused his ...
HMRC mix-up sees Welsh workers pay Scottish income tax
Workers in Wales have been incorrectly paying Scottish rates on income tax after the HMRC applied the wrong code. It is not known how many people have been paying the ...
HMRC and taxpayers disputes increase 43%
The number of disputes between taxpayers and HMRC has risen by 43%, according to analysis by accountancy firm Price Bailey. This increase has been recorded over the past two years, ...
HMRC issues demands to firms with clients suspected of tax evasion
HMRC issued 1,414 requests to accountants, lawyers and other professional services firms last year demanding information on clients that it wants to investigate for suspected tax evasion, says law firm ...
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