HMRC

A FAILED Worcester businessman who fraudulently avoided paying £80,000 in VAT has been jailed for two years.

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is preparing to launch a pan-government Transaction Protection tool using location data as an anti-fraud measure for the public sector.

Major banks enabled fraudsters to steal billions of pounds of public money through VAT scams, according to documents obtained by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism.

More than £5m has been recovered in taxes by a taskforce tackling dishonest breeders selling puppies on the black market.

A fisherman who evaded more than £42,000 of income tax has been ordered to repay more than half of it back.

https://stv.tv/news/highlands-islands/1437459-scots-fisherman-avoids-jail-after-42-500-tax-evasion/

AN HGV driver from Rosyth has been sentenced for his involvement in a £6,500 cigarette and tobacco fraud.

A CAMPAIGN has been launched to warn young adults about the dangers of tax scams.

https://www.barrheadnews.com/news/17594027.crooks-use-tax-scam-to-target-young-adults/?ref=twtrec

HM Revenue & Customs is investigating an alleged tax avoidance scheme in Cyprus involving one of its former inspectors and a leading tax lawyer.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/former-hmrc-investigator-accused-over-tax-avoidance-3907055pc

Young adults who may have less experience of the tax system should be especially vigilant against springtime refund scams, warns HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

https://londonlovesbusiness.com/hmrc-warns-of-springtime-tax-scams-targeting-young-and-vulnerable/

HMRC needs companies to engage if it wants to make progress on tax fraud, following the introduction of new provisions in September 2017 (under the Criminal Finances Act 2017 (ss 45-46))

https://economia.icaew.com/opinion/april-2019/hmrc-needs-companies-to-act-against-tax-fraud#.XLpH51BiDCI.twitter