HMRC

Three men have been jailed for a total of ten years and nine months after they were caught with millions of illegal cigarettes at a farm near York.

A builder who made fraudulent tax claims totalling £254,000 has been jailed.

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/crime/2019/12/13/shrewsbury-builder-jailed-for-254000-vat-fraud/

HMRC has collected £5.4bn in additional tax and fines through its fraud investigation service in the last year, figures published today show.

https://www.cityam.com/hmrc-collects-extra-5-4bn-via-specialist-fraud-investigation-team/

A Northern Irish farmer and his wife have been jailed for their role in a £610,000 VAT fraud following an HMRC investigation into their 20-acre beef farm.

https://www.farminguk.com/news/farmer-and-wife-jailed-after-610-000-vat-fraud_54510.html#.Xed9-r6m5oc.twitter

An estranged Armagh couple who racked up a VAT fraud in excess of £600,000 have been put behind bars.

An estranged Armagh married couple who generated elaborate hoaxes in a £610,000 VAT beef farm fraud have been jailed at Newry crown court.

EU banks and payment networks will be obliged to hand over data on e-commerce purchases to security services under a European Commission-led initiative to clamp down on VAT fraud.

But Syedur Rahman of business crime solicitors Rahman Ravelli does not believe these figures alone can be an accurate gauge of HMRC success.

http://www.mondaq.com/uk/x/862898/White+Collar+Crime+Fraud/RecentlyPublished+Figures+Show+That+HMRC+Has+Brought+Hundreds+Of+Millions+In+For+The+Treasury+As+A+Result+Of+COP8+And+COP9+Investigations

Industry Urges Lawmakers To Reconsider Anti-VAT Fraud Rules

LONDON (Reuters) - EU member states provisionally approved new reporting rules for card companies on Friday to combat value added tax (VAT) fraud in cross-border e-commerce.

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-eu-banks-tax/eu-states-back-new-reporting-rules-for-card-payments-idUKKBN1XI1WO