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intelligence led ?
£1,193 average collection does not sound very intelligence led especially if 2 are large enough for prosecution ?
I hope HMRC can learn some lessons from their sample approach so they can use their resources more effectively.....for all our sakes..
Tax Expansion?
In the same way that HMRC dislikes tax evasion by a taxpayer would it not also be the case that a taxpayer has every right to dislike a deliberate attempt by HMRC to expand the tax due - as a recent example, an Inspector managed to increase the tax due by nearly 4 times (ie to over £40,000), raised an assessment and then asked HMRC's debt management to collect it despite being fully aware that the taxpayer did not owe this sum!!! If HMRC want the taxpayer to be honest with them, why does that mean HMRC has no reciprocal obligation to a taxpayer. So, where exactly does fraud start and where does it end or does it depend on which side of the street you live?
AND
with great stealth five 10 man teams working constantly round the clock over a year eating and drinking themselves silly, and liaising with Interpol at weekly conferences in Barbados to check that this was no ongoing international fraud, finally managed to find that the cash taken for 2 haddock and chips did not go through the books.
Found out
It was the side order of garden peas that gave the game away!
Moral?
Don't eat peas!