HMRC

The number of dawn raids carried out by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) fell last year, according to new data.

Five company directors from Essex have been sentenced for their part in a £3.1m fraud, that saw each of them pocket hundreds of thousands of pounds which should have been paid in tax.

https://www.letsrecycle.com/news/latest-news/waste-paper-fraud-directors-jailed/

Call for digital marketplaces to collect and pay VAT on behalf of sellers.

Online marketplaces such as Amazon and Ebay have been urged to take responsibility for VAT collection and remittance in the UK.

TWO south Armagh lorry drivers have been given suspended sentences for their part in a diesel fraud.

A pair of fraudsters who bought and sold over 50 properties but failed to pay nearly £1 million in tax, have been jailed for more than eight years.

https://www.yellowad.co.uk/duo-jailed-for-1m-property-fraud/

HMRC received more than 600,000 referrals of suspicious calls and messages last year

As we edge towards the end of the first working week of this new decade, it is worth noting that tax compliance measures first introduced at the start of the last decade will continue to have a far reaching impact well in to the 2020s.

https://www.scottishlegal.com/article/andrew-sackey-corporate-fraud-crackdown-is-gathering-pace

Man caught trying to smuggle 47,000 cigarettes through Prestwick Airport

A MAN who tried to smuggle 47,000 cigarettes though Prestwick Airport has been sentenced.