Investigations

Best of the responses to the consultation on direct recovery of debts

The latest debate over the proposed extension to Revenue powers

Direct recovery of debts would be a power too far for the taxman

Why HMRC reduced taxpayers’ options during civil investigations of fraud

Taxpayers facing a code of practice 9 (COP9) investigation will no longer be able to take the denial route, after HMRC withdrew the option.

Fraud suspects offered the chance to make a full disclosure previously had three options:

A view of the tenth and last Finance Bill debate sitting

HMRC are not making best use of suspicious activity reports

Make sure HMRC’s search warrants are precise and intelligible

Half-term report on two offshore initiatives

HMRC could miss prosections target for evasion, warns law firm

HMRC’s clampdown on tax dodging marked a new high during 2013/14, official statistics show.

An parallelled £23.9bn – raised in addition to revenue collected from compliant taxpayers – was £3.2bn more than in the previous 12 months, and almost £1bn above the target set at last year’s autumn statement.

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