HMRC

The owner of a Highland golf club has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for stealing more than £150,000 in tax.

Over 80,400 UK businesses have voluntarily returned a total of more than £215 million in furlough payments to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), repaying cash they claimed in error or realised they did not need.

Jon Wiggett, 51, of Conon Bridge, submitted 13 false VAT repayment claims between 2014 and 2017, a HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) investigation found.

https://www.scotsman.com/news/crime/highland-golf-club-owner-and-pga-professional-stole-ps150k-tax-and-tried-back-fraud-fake-invoices-lawn-mower-herbicide-and-sand-mix-2978984

A limited company director and her accountant have been arrested over a suspected £70,000 fraud involving the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.

Two “skilled tradesmen” brought over to Northern Ireland in order to fix an illegal cigarette production machine could face up to six years behind bars.

The taxman is continuing to crackdown on furlough fraud, arresting two Londoners as part of an investigation into a suspected £70,000 abuse of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.

https://www.ftadviser.com/your-industry/2020/09/11/london-duo-arrested-in-70-000-furlough-fraud-case/

Two people in London have been arrested in connection with a suspected £70,000 Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme fraud.

https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/two-arrested-in-70k-furlough-fraud-investigation/

How to handle HMRC’s furlough scheme letter asking me to review my CJRS claims?

https://www.contractoruk.com/coronavirus/how_handle_hmrcs_furlough_scheme_letter_asking_me_review_my_cjrs_claims.html

Two people have been arrested over a suspected £70,000 Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme fraud, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has said.

The UK’s tax authority is looking into 27,000 potential cases of fraud relating to the government’s furlough scheme.