HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have announced six new taskforces which they expect will recover more than £23m. The traders they are targeting this time are as follows:
Taskforces are specialist teams that undertake intensive bursts of activity in specific high risk trade sectors and locations in the UK. The teams will visit traders to carry out spot checks and examine business records.
David Gauke, the Exchequer Secretary, said:
HMRC is on target to collect more than £50m as a result of the taskforces launched in 2011/12.
We have made it clear that we will not tolerate tax evasion – everyone needs to pay the taxes they owe in full. We are determined to crack down on the minority who choose to break the rules. It is not fair that at a time when most hard-working people are paying the right tax, others are trying to get out of paying what they should.
HMRC launched 12 taskforces in 2011/12, with a further 30 planned for 2012/13. They have once again stressed that if you pay all your taxes, you have nothing to worry about.
