HMRC expects to recover £30m from compliance activity by new taskforces tackling evasion among Scottish pubs and nightclubs; hair and beauty businesses in Northern Ireland; the motor trade in South Wales, the South West, Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and the North East; and restaurants in South Wales and the South West.
‘At a time when we are trying to rebalance the public finances and most hard-working people are making a contribution by paying the right tax, it is just not fair that a small minority try to dodge their responsibilities,’ said David Gauke, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury on 5 July.
HMRC launched 12 taskforces in 2011/12 and plans a further 30 in 2012/13. The taskforces bring together various compliance and enforcement teams for ‘intensive bursts of activity targeted at specific sectors and locations where there is evidence of high risk of tax evasion’.
HMRC expects to recover £30m from compliance activity by new taskforces tackling evasion among Scottish pubs and nightclubs; hair and beauty businesses in Northern Ireland; the motor trade in South Wales, the South West, Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and the North East; and restaurants in South Wales and the South West.
‘At a time when we are trying to rebalance the public finances and most hard-working people are making a contribution by paying the right tax, it is just not fair that a small minority try to dodge their responsibilities,’ said David Gauke, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury on 5 July.
HMRC launched 12 taskforces in 2011/12 and plans a further 30 in 2012/13. The taskforces bring together various compliance and enforcement teams for ‘intensive bursts of activity targeted at specific sectors and locations where there is evidence of high risk of tax evasion’.
