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6. a gang of five men from the north of England, who used free public Wi-Fi to try to hide their £10 million cigarette smuggling ring, were jailed for a total of 16 and a half years 7. a criminal gang , including a father and son, caught running a fuel fraud, evading more than £900,000 in duty and taxes by running an illegal filling station in the West Midlands, jailed for a combined total of more than nine and half years 8. a London couple who masterminded a nationwide counterfeit tobacco production racket capable of robbing the taxpayer of £1 million a week, were jailed for a total of eight years 9. a cheating accountant who advised the media industry, was jailed for five years for a £6 million tax fraud 10. four fraudsters from Forfar, Stoke-on-Trent and Spain , ordered to repay more than £111 million in criminal profits. The men, who were part of an 18-strong criminal gang involved in a mobile phone VAT fraud, were sentenced between 2012 and 2014 to a total of 135 years in prison.
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What HMRC can find out about you 12 January 2017
According to the Telegraph, HMRC is deploying its ‘super-computer’ which holds data about individuals which goes far beyond just income.
The Telegraph ’s report says that HMRC has spent years and some £100m on a super-computer designed to identify those who may have paid too little tax. And now – with the deadline for filing 2015-16 tax returns just weeks away – the system is being fully deployed for the first time.
The report lists the following information that HMRC can apparently find out about you:
Visa and Mastercard transactions : Anonymised information on all payments Land Registry records : To determine properties purchased, and stamp duty paid DVLA : Details of cars purchased and owned by individuals UK and overseas bank accounts : From this year it receives information from banks in more than 60 countries. Internal tax documents : Systems show council tax paid, relevant VAT registration, previous tax investigations, last year's tax return (or absence of one) Earnings : From any employer, including those you have worked for casually, or on an ad-hoc basis. This includes any company benefits received. It can also access child benefit and maintenance payments through the child support agency Online marketplaces : Websites such as eBay and Gumtree can be accessed to weed out regular traders Social media : The Connect system can also look at public social media account information, including from Twitter, Facebook and Instagram Web browsing and email records : Under the 'Snoopers Charter' HMRC will be able to access individual's digital information.
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HMRC site relocation plan under review 13 January 2017
A report by the National Audit Office says that HMRC has acknowledged its original plan to reduce its number of offices and move to regional centres has proved unrealistic.
By reducing the number of its offices and moving to a regional centre model HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) hopes to significantly reduce its running costs and modernise the way it works. However, in a report released by the National Audit Office (NAO) HMRC has recognised that its original plan was unrealistic and is considering how it can adjust the scope and timing of the programme to reduce the cost and delivery risk. Any changes will need to be carefully managed to avoid diminishing the long term value of the strategy.
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