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United Kingdom’s Largest Ever Fuel Laundering Plant Smashed
The UK’s largest ever fuel laundering operation capable of producing over thirty million liters of illicit fuel a year and costing the taxpayer an estimated £20m in lost revenue has been dismantled by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) in Northern Ireland.
HM Revenue & Customs Launches New Tools to Help Businesses
Free tools to help SMEs get their business records ship shape were launched today by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). The four new products are suitable for the self employed, sole traders and small businesses. They have been produced in advance of the...
Self-employed Tax Credit Cheats Being Targeted in the UK
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has launched a campaign to target and crack down on suspected fraudulent tax credit claims from the self-employed.
Public in the UK Invited to Vote on Ideas to Make Savings
Members of the public in the United Kingdom are being asked to vote to find the best ideas from over 44,000 submitted to the Treasury as part of the public engagement through the Spending Challenge website. The most promising ideas will be taken forward...
Illegal Ukrainian Immigrant Jailed for Massive UK Tax Fraud
After a successful HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) investigation an illegal Ukrainian immigrant at the center of an organized £500,000 tax fraud has been jailed for three and a half years for his part in the scam at Woolwich Crown Court. How People Arrived...
Optician Becomes First Business Owner in NW England to be Fined for Minimum Wage Failings
A Manchester optician, who paid his staff at rates up to 40% less than they were entitled to, has become the first employer in the north west to be successfully prosecuted for National Minimum Wage (NMW) offences. He was fined £3,696.
Treasury Minister Calls Offshore Tax Evasion “morally Unacceptable”
U.K. Treasury Minister Stephen Timms has called offshore tax evasion “morally unacceptable” as HM Revenue and Customs’ announced that some 10,000 people had notified their intention to disclose previously undeclared offshore income and...
1week Left for British Taxpayers with Undisclosed Offshore Investments to Come Forward
U.K. Taxpayers with undisclosed offshore investments have just one more week to come forward under the New Disclosure Opportunity (NDO). To take advantage of this final opportunity to benefit from the 10% penalty rate all that has to be done is notify...
