Tax fraud Archives | Taxfile https://www.taxfile.co.uk/category/tax-fraud/ Tax advice & accounting services for South London businesses & SMEs Fri, 10 Jan 2025 13:13:00 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Email Scam Warning in run-up to HMRC Tax Credits Deadline https://www.taxfile.co.uk/2014/07/email-scam-warning-for-tax-credits-deadline/ Mon, 21 Jul 2014 09:00:14 +0000 http://www.taxfile.co.uk/blog/?p=790 HMRC have sent out warnings over a significant threat from new ‘phishing’ emails purporting to be from them. They are, in fact, scam emails which include links to replicas of the HMRC site and are designed to trick people into disclosing security-sensitive financial and personal information such as bank details, National Insurance numbers, credit card […]

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]]> Record haul by HMRC in tax avoidance crackdown https://www.taxfile.co.uk/2014/07/record-haul-by-hmrc-in-tax-avoidance-crackdown/ Fri, 11 Jul 2014 15:47:24 +0000 http://www.taxfile.co.uk/blog/?p=782 Back in January we reported that HMRC had raised an extra £20.7 billion in additional revenue for the financial year 2012-13 as a result of it’s drive on tax compliance and a massive crackdown on tax avoidance by organisations and individuals alike. Now we can confirm that the financial year 2013-14 figures are in and […]

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]]> HMRC’s fight against tax avoidance is bearing fruit https://www.taxfile.co.uk/2014/01/tax-avoidance-fight-bears-fruit/ Wed, 15 Jan 2014 14:04:09 +0000 http://www.taxfile.co.uk/blog/?p=625 HMRC has reported that it raised an extra £20.7 billion in additional revenue during the financial year 2012-13, a result of its continued push on tax compliance and anti-avoidance measures. That’s an increase of £2.1 billion on the preceding year and is actually £2 billion above its original target. This information comes hot on the […]

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]]> Assets hidden offshore? Not for long! https://www.taxfile.co.uk/2013/11/offshore-assets/ Sun, 17 Nov 2013 17:33:00 +0000 http://www.taxfile.co.uk/blog/?p=584 Financial information sharing now reaches the Cayman Islands, Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey. On November 5th, Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (‘HMRC’) announced that the Cayman Islands had joined the ever-growing list of offshore territories which will now automatically share financial information with them in respect to UK taxpayers who may have accounts there. […]

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]]> HMRC launches site for those with undeclared income https://www.taxfile.co.uk/2012/11/undeclared-income/ Wed, 14 Nov 2012 10:48:22 +0000 http://www.taxfile.co.uk/blog/?p=451 HMRC has launched a new mini-site aimed at those with undeclared income. “We’re closing in” they say, using new technology and additional staff. They follow it up to say “if you have any income you haven’t told us about, you need to declare it before we catch you”. So the site aims to encourage relevant […]

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