HM Revenue and Customs

HMRC raid on tobacco fraudster
Thursday 19 July 2012

A MAN has been charged with evading more than £500,000 in excise duty and VAT after police seized duty free tobacco and counterfeit packaging.

Staff morale at HMRC so poor it needs its own 'truth and reconciliation' body
Sunday 15 July 2012

THE government department with the task of clamping down on tax avoidance is suffering from poor staff morale and a lack of trust, according to a leaked consultant's report.

HMRC in £5m pub crackdown
Friday 6 July 2012

THE taxman is set to generate £5 million from a crackdown on pubs and nightclubs in Scotland that have not paid the proper tax.

Tax offices closed as workers strike
Tuesday 26 June 2012

Tax offices were closed yesterday and calls to telephone inquiry lines were met with a recorded announcement because of a strike by tens of thousands of Revenue and Customs (HMRC) workers.

HMRC ought to learn from Carr
Monday 25 June 2012

THE real scandal of the Jimmy Carr tax affair is the fact that such a scheme has operated for so long and is only now being questioned because the Govenment is rummaging down the sides of the sofa trying to find every pound it can ("Carr's £600,000 tax advice", The Herald, June 22).