by Alex Dunnagan | Jan 17, 2022
Three-quarters of Covid support claimed in fraud and error won’t be collected HMRC has revealed that they expect to recover just 25% of a total £5.8bn paid out due to fraud and error in relation to the coronavirus support schemes. 1HMRC responses to inaccurate claims,...
by Alex Dunnagan | Dec 29, 2021
UK Government has announced an extra £510m boost to DWP to fight benefits fraud following the pandemic. This is in addition to £103m already announced in the spending review HMRC spending £155m to tackle covid related fraud TaxWatch estimates the increase in benefits...
by George Turner | Dec 2, 2021
What should be the tax liability of people who are the victims of fraud? That is the important question raised by the case of Mike Grogan, reported in The Times last weekend. Mr Grogan is one of a number of victims of tax advisor fraud, where scam tax advisors make...
by George Turner | Sep 16, 2021
16th September 2021 The Tax Gap Attributable to Fraud was at least £15.2bn in 2019/20 At least 43% of tax losses arise from fraudulent behaviour Executive Summary HMRC’s annual estimate of non-compliance, “the Tax Gap” is regarded by the department as an...
by Alex Dunnagan | May 21, 2021
HMRC have filed an appeal to the Supreme Court seeking permission to make allegations of fraud in relation to an ongoing dispute with General Electric over a massive tax avoidance scheme. TaxWatch has made submissions supporting HMRC’s application. Should HMRC’s...
