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Robin Moss stole more than £750,000 in a tax and mortgage fraud and has been jailed for ten years. HMRC has reported that Mr Moss persuaded one client to pay their £53,000 tax bill through the crooked agent who paid it straight into his bank account rather than paying it to HMRC. Other clients had their HMRC details used by Mr Moss to make false tax repayments which he had paid into his own bank accounts.

Nick Stone, Operational Lead in HMRC’s fraud investigation service, said:

“Robin Moss abused his position of trust to steal from clients and the taxpayer.

“Tax fraud is never a victimless crime and the eye watering sums he spent on pottery and gold should have been funding the public services we all rely on.

“I hope this sentence serves as a warning to the minority of corrupt professionals who wrongly believe they can use their knowledge to commit fraud.

“We can and will work with our law enforcement partners to bring you to justice and we encourage anyone with information about any type of tax fraud to report it online .”

Read the full press release here.

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Help make GOV.UK better Published: 26 October 2023 Emailed: 1 November 2023

GOV.UK needs your help to improve and to make sure the website works well for the people who need it. Would you be interested in getting involved with some HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) research?

HMRC is asking for help on how to reach small businesses effectively. If you are a small business or respresent small businesses, then this is your opportunity to share your ideas directly with HMRC. This is user research that you can get involved it and suggest how HMRC can engage with yourself if your small business or similarly if you represent small businesses.

You can now complete a short survey to allow HMRC to assess your suitability to take part in further research. If you know anyone else who would like to take part in research, please share the survey link with them.

This survey will ask for information about: • your role • contact information.

Participation in research is entirely voluntary. You can choose not to respond or withdraw your information at any time by emailing the request to daniel.martin2@hmrc.gov.uk.

CIPP comment

If you would like to directly feedback to the CIPP policy team, then you can do this by emailing policy@cipp.org.uk.

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HMRC Treasury Committee meeting Published: 31 October 2023 Emailed: 1 November 2023

On 18 October 2023, the Treasury Committee examined HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) representatives over the work HMRC conducts. The witnesses were Jim Harra, First Permanent Secretary, Angela MacDonald, Second Permanent Secretary, and Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia, Lead Non-Executive.

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