by Alex Dunnagan | Nov 17, 2022
Minimal efforts to close the tax gap, despite HMRC producing a return on investment of up to 18:1 with compliance work. DWP to receive an extra £112m a year to tackle fraud, but HMRC only to receive £15m. Once again, the government is prioritising going after benefits...
by Alex Dunnagan | Nov 16, 2022
TaxWatch has lodged complaints to both the Chartered Institute of Taxation and Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales about the conduct of Zaheer Dudhia, an accountant and tax adviser. This complaint centres around our assertion that Mr. Dudhia failed...
by Alex Dunnagan | Nov 14, 2022
Taxpayer Protection Taskforce set to wrap up despite collecting less than 25% lost to fraud and error in the Coronavirus relief schemes. HMRC estimates that at least £3.3bn in fraud and error will be outstanding at the end of the financial year when the taskforce...
by Alex Dunnagan | Oct 27, 2022
The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Anti-Corruption & Responsible Tax and TaxWatch have published a joint report outlining how supposedly ‘legal’ tax avoidance could actually be prosecuted as tax fraud. The report explains that there exists a serious enforcement...
by Alex Dunnagan | Aug 25, 2022
We have recently had an op-ed published in the magazine HMRC Enquiries, Investigations and Powers. Below is the text in full. The Tax Fraud Gap The pressure on HMRC to tackle tax fraud is immense. After rolling out multiple coronavirus support schemes in a fast and...
