HMRC News

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.

165,000 whistleblowers tip off tax cheats, payroll company wins £9.3m Kittel case, and HMRC wins £260m tax fraud case.