A man has been arrested on suspicion of Income Tax and VAT fraud estimated at £300,000 together with associated money laundering offences.

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Ten tonnes of tobacco smuggled into the UK from China were seized in Wednesbury, West Midlands, after an operation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

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An illegal filling station and fuel laundering plant, suspected of selling illicit fuel for only £1.11 a litre, have been dismantled by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in Co Tyrone.

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A former magistrate and a company director who crudely faked documents in a £1 million VAT fraud linked to the house building trade in Lancashire, were jailed yesterday.

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A taskforce tackling tax dodgers in the Northern Ireland restaurant trade was launched today by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). The taskforce is expected to recover £2.9 million.

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A Dundee businessman, who pleaded guilty to using seven aliases to commit a £166,000 VAT fraud, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

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A taskforce tackling tax dodgers in London was launched today by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

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A tax avoidance scheme designed to avoid VAT on car repairs that could have cost the Exchequer £600 million a year has failed after a successful challenge by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

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A taskforce tackling tax dodgers in the East Anglia holiday industry was launched today by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). The taskforce will recover £2.5 million.

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Almost 5,700 litres of beer, wine and spirits have been seized by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) as alcohol taskforce officers targeted illegal sales across Scotland on Thursday (9 May). During the activity in Edinburgh, HMRC officers visited 49 retail sites, checking the details of alcohol on sale.

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A Nottinghamshire chartered accountant, who stole £153,000 of taxpayers’ money in an income tax fraud, has been jailed today after an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

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A corrupt chartered accountant from Birmingham has been jailed today for defrauding the British taxpayer of over £1 million in unpaid VAT.

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A former nurse from London who was jailed for tax fraud and money laundering offences has been ordered to pay back £500,000 within six months, or serve a further four years in jail.

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HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) confirmed today that it is working with the United States and Australian tax administrations (the IRS and ATO) on data which reveals extensive use of complex offshore structures to conceal assets by wealthy individuals and companies.

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A 36-year-old man has been jailed for tax fraud after the discovery of a tobacco counterfeiting “factory” in his Renfrew flat.

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A Limavady businessman who stole over £500,000 in a VAT fraud linked to a fictitious construction project in Iraq has been jailed for four and a half years after an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

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A man from West Belfast has been arrested in connection with a suspected £500k VAT fraud linked to the construction industry.

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A farmer from Kesh who tippexed his business records to fraudulently claim more than £500,000 in VAT repayments, has been jailed after an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

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Over one million employer PAYE schemes have started to report Pay as You Earn (PAYE) in real time since it was launched last month, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) announced today.

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A builder from Twickenham who falsely claimed VAT repayments of over £3 million has been told to payback £1.3 million, or face another 10 years in jail.

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A man who was jailed for eight and half years for his involvement in a £1.4 million tax credit fraud where he stole the identities of over 350 people has been told to pay back more than £740,000 or face a further three years in jail.

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A former civil servant from Thamesmead has been jailed for two years for tax credits fraud totalling £72,000.

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Bristol and West, owned by the Bank of Ireland, has lost an attempt at Tax Tribunal to avoid paying around £30 million tax on a £91 million gain. The company transferred a swap contract to another Bank of Ireland subsidiary in a flawed attempt to exploit what it thought was a loophole in the tax rules.

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