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A new fraud taskforce to crack down on people who have exploited the government’s Covid-19 support schemes will be unveiled at next week’s Budget.

The defendants were released on continuing bail to appear before Newry Crown Court in March for arraignment

Ministers told MPs that areas could be stripped of their free port status if evidence of tax fraud is found.

TAX crimes cost the UK economy nine times more than benefit fraud – but residents are 23 times more likely to be prosecuted for the latter.

Scottish construction chiefs are calling for the Treasury to change VAT reforms which they argue could cripple them further and cause massive job cuts.

26 January 2021: After several delays HMRC’s VAT domestic reverse charge for construction services is due to come into force on 1 March 2021. ICAEW’s Tax Faculty provides a reminder of the changes.

A hotelier has been jailed for two years for a £380,000 VAT fraud, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has said.

An alert to taxpayers that HMRC may probe their internet, phone and mobile call logs to help it prove furlough fraud might not be as unsettling at it sounds.

News that UK tax authority HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is ramping up criminal investigations into transfer pricing disputes shows its determination to tackle corporate tax compliance, an expert has said.

HMRC made 18,464 requests to access communications data like phone records and web histories to aid its criminal investigations in 2019, according to city law firm RPC.