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  • Tax credits error and fraud reduced to an all-time low

    Error and fraud in the tax credits system has been reduced to its lowest level since tax credits were introduced in 2003.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Week left for solicitors to settle tax bills

    Solicitors have a week to pay the tax they owe on undeclared income or face hefty penalties, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) warned today.

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  • Clothing giant Next loses tax avoidance case

    High street retailer Next has been hit with a £22.4m tax bill after a court ruled the firm’s complex tax scheme was artificial tax avoidance.

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  • HMRC scores hat-trick of avoidance wins

    HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has secured three tribunal wins against tax avoidance schemes, protecting over £260 million in tax.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government ramps up efforts to tackle digital multinational tax risks

    HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has today confirmed it is working with five other tax authorities to share information about how digital multinationals might be shifting their profits to tax havens.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Government unveils plans to stub out illicit tobacco trade

    HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and Border Force have today published a joint strategy for tackling the illicit tobacco market in the UK.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New criminal offences in clampdown on tax evasion

    'If people help a burglar, they are accomplices too. Now it will be the same for those that help tax evaders’, explains the Chief Secretary.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • High risk promoters of tax avoidance face government clampdown

    Today the government is taking further tough action to crack down on tax avoidance promoters.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Multinationals face £1.1 billion in extra tax after HMRC challenges transfer pricing

    Multinational corporations were hit with £1.1 billion in extra tax demands last year after HMRC successfully challenged the prices charged between companies in the same multinational group for goods and services.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • HMRC confirms HSBC Suisse bank data can now be shared

    HMRC's Chief Executive, Lin Homer, today announced in a Treasury Select Committee hearing that the French authorities have formally agreed that HMRC can share stolen HSBC Suisse customer account data with other law enfor…

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  • Statement by HMRC on tax evasion and the HSBC Suisse data leak

    HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has issued a statement on tax evasion and the HSBC Suisse data leak.

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  • HMRC map pinpoints tax crime

    An online map pinpointing tax cheats around the country together with their crime and sentence has been launched today by HMRC. The map allows people to see the impact of HMRC’s enforcement work.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • HMRC seeks views on tax penalties

    HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is asking for views on how it might strengthen the effectiveness of its penalties regime.

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  • HMRC's top 5 tips for completing your tax return

    Ruth Owen, Director General Personal Tax, HMRC, has shared the top 5 tips for completing your Self Assessment return.

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  • HMRC puts forward new measures to tackle persistent tax avoiders

    HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has today published the consultation paper, ‘Strengthening Sanctions for Tax Avoidance’, setting out proposals to tackle the serial use of tax avoidance schemes.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • 1,773 happy returns at Christmas

    HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) received 1,773 online tax returns on Christmas Day – a 13% increase on last year’s total of 1,566.

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  • Accelerated Payment notices bring in millions from tax avoidance schemes

    HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has secured almost all of the disputed tax due from the first group of tax avoidance scheme users to receive Accelerated Payment notices.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Solicitors targeted in new tax clampdown

    Solicitors are being given the chance by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to bring their tax affairs up to date or face tougher penalties, as part of a new tax campaign.

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  • Government strengthens safeguards for direct action to recover debts

    Plans to recover tax and tax credit debts directly from the bank accounts of people and businesses who refuse to pay what they owe will include strong safeguards to protect vulnerable taxpayers, the government announced toda…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • HMRC agrees approach to information sharing

    HMRC, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) agree approach to sharing of information and expertise.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government