Andy Cole looks at how the authorities extended their monitoring of those who choose not to pay what they owe
HMRC recently announced the expansion of its programme to monitor the tax affairs of those it considers high risk to ensure that defaulters comply with their tax obligations and permanently change their behaviour.
The managing serious defaulters (MSD) scheme will see HMRC closely monitor the tax affairs of a much wider group of people who will face up to five years’ monitoring if they are discovered to be evading their tax obligations. It replaces and expands on the managing deliberate defaulters (MDD) scheme which launched in February 2011.
The expanded scheme which launched on 1 April this year was developed by HMRC with industry practitioners from the Compliance Reform Forum...
