A tax fraudster, who tried to pass herself off as a titled lady offering a high-class furniture restoration service, was sentenced to more than two years in prison after her con was discovered by routine tax checks. Lady Deborah Anne Devonshire, 51, falsely claimed that she was trading as a furniture restorer and claimed £166,295… Read more…

A tax fraudster who attempted to avoid justice by selling up and leaving the country, has been jailed for more than 3 years. HMRC’s tax investigation team tracked down 49 year old Stephen McKenzie, the owner of a video conferencing company, who fled the UK after faking documents and making up figures on his tax… Read more…

A businessman who committed tax fraud by deliberately winding up companies to avoid paying PAYE and VAT to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has been told he faces an extended prison term if he fails to pay back the money he owes to the taxman. 68 year-old James Taylor from Luton is already serving a… Read more…

You never know when HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) might target you, or your business, with a tax investigation. At times such as these, with tax avoidance tales dominating the headlines and the 31 January paper tax return deadline just around the corner, the Revenue is at its most active – and it could very… Read more…

A garage owner who attempted to avoid paying tax by hiding his business activities from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has been found guilty of tax fraud. Carl Hutchinson, 61, from Manchester, was sentenced to 27 months in jail after a HMRC tax investigation discovered that he had traded for five years as DPC, Fine… Read more…

A report by the National Audit Office (NAO) has revealed how HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is turning its tax investigations spotlight on so called ‘super-rich’ taxpayers. According to the NAO, one in three of the richest people in the UK are under “formal enquiry” at any one time by the taxman and there is… Read more…

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has turned the spotlight on more than 100 BBC news presenters and staff who are accused of tax avoidance. The tax investigation centres on allegations that they set up and misused personal service companies, wrongly claiming they were self-employed, in order to minimise the amount of tax they had to… Read more…

The director of a construction company, who lied about her business expenses in a VAT fraud, has been jailed for two years following a HMRC tax investigation into her company’s finances. Avril Elliott, 49, from Edinburgh, pleaded guilty to submitting a series of fraudulent VAT returns between 2008 and 2013. These fraudulent returns hugely overstated… Read more…

HMRC is getting tough on those suspected of tax fraud, with the expansion of regional specialised tax investigation taskforces and new methods of gathering intelligence against those suspected of not playing by the rules. HMRC’s ‘enforcement and compliance’ taskforces are teams of highly skilled tax experts, who carry out intensive bursts of activity to tackle… Read more…

Three men have been arrested in connection with a tax fraud investigation, by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). More than 30 officers from HMRC searched three residential properties and one business address during morning raids in the West Midlands. It is believed that the tax investigation involves a suspected attempt to fraudulently claim £300 million in… Read more…