HMRC News

HMRC plans over 30,000 interventions in 2026 to 2027 to tackle organised crime and tax fraud on the UK high street, backed by 350 new investigators.

HMRC has opened bids for a £11.18 million grant scheme funding voluntary organisations that help vulnerable and digitally excluded taxpayers manage their tax affairs.

From 18 May 2026 HMRC began a phased, mandatory registration scheme for paid tax advisers, with unregistered agents eventually barred from acting for clients.

HMRC says it stopped £153 million in suspected fraudulent repayment claims and arrested two men accused of using TikTok to harvest taxpayers' own login details.

582,000 taxpayers fined by HMRC for late VAT in a single year, HMRC hands Microsoft Copilot to 28,000 staff in major AI push, and locum doctor overcounted working days in £31k tax dispute.

HMRC issues letters to Loan Charge taxpayers following McCann Review, care home finance administrator sentenced to 30 months for £212k fraud, and a tribunal rejects Ukraine war as reasonable excuse for £219k late payment penalty.

Frankie Dettori's company unable to pay £765k tax liability, Amazon reports £1bn UK tax payment for 2024, and the Court of Appeal returns £1m Medpro VAT case to First Tier Tribunal.

Loan Charge extra time comes to an end, but what about penalties? HMRC considers US-style whistleblower rewards for tax fraud reports. PPE Medpro faces £39m tax liability on top of £148m contract breach payment.

HMRC football tax enforcement escalates with £90m recovery, HMRC generates additional £4.6bn through advanced data analytics, upper tribunal denies late appeal in £874k VAT penalty case.

HMRC's new approach to non-compliance, major £90 million confiscation order, and understanding tax crime in modern times.