HMRC News

£1 billion recovered by HMRC fraud squad, independent school and hair salon amongst those failing to properly pay staff, and £54k in penalties written off by court due to ignorance.

HMRC collects £100bn more tax than the previous year, £35.8bn tax underpayment last year by big businesses, and HMRC estimates £500m tax lost to avoidance schemes.

A large volume of fraud enquiries expected across Wales, HMRC nudge letters sent to cryptocurrency investors, and the top UK tax avoidance hotspots are revealed.

Businessman’s £40m furlough claim for companies with no staff, fraudulent VAT claim for £250k leads to jail sentence, co-founder of Wise charged £365k fine, and professional referees lose £54k in IR35 case.

Furlough fraud enquiries predicted as furlough finishes across Wales, nine-year ban issued to construction directors over £124k hidden funds, and a takeaway boss is imprisoned for avoiding over £100k in tax payments.

Low prosecution rates for minimum wage breaches, football clubs targeted for £45m tax recoup, and a property developer faces a £1.7m tax bill.

London’s Royal Opera House loses £532k VAT case, upper tribunal saves shipping company from £12.5m tax bill, and Poundland wins a £2.15m VAT case.

Crackdown on promoters of NIC avoidance schemes, 91,000 fraud tip-offs received in the first few months of the pandemic, and pair arrested on suspicion of £3.4m furlough fraud.

Call for furlough fraud checks to ramp up, record highs of scams against taxpayers, Boris Johnson faced questions over flat renovations, and offshore tax crackdown on Britons earning abroad.

Illegal business owner repays nearly £1m, tax debt trebles to £65bn, HMRC gets £100m to combat Covid fraud, online promoters dominate tax avoidance market.