Tax  

HMRC opened 1,091 ‘serious tax’ investigations in a year

A HMRC spokesperson said: “The majority of individuals and businesses pay the tax that is due, but there remains a determined minority who refuse to play by the rules.

“COP9 and COP8 are valuable tools in an approach that has seen us secure and protect more than £31.5bn since the launch of our Fraud Investigation Service in 2016/17.”

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