Cybercrime experts at HMRC have helped bring down a prolific fraudster who sold criminals software to scam UK taxpayers

Scammers impersonating HMRC are targeting taxpayers offering tax rebates and threatening them over fictitious demands for unpaid tax 

Government plans to introduce two-year jail sentences for tax avoidance abuse could backfire if promoters move offshore to avoid risk, accountants warn Lords committee

Changes to rules have seen a hike in the number of trusts on the Trust Registration Service but a minority of trusts and estates submitted tax returns

The Treasury has ruled out a review of the cost effectiveness of tax reliefs, saying it would not be best use of resources and would create business uncertainty

HMRC is reminding taxpayers including anyone earning income from side hustles that they have 100 days left to submit their online self assessment tax return ahead of the deadline on 31 January 2024

The inheritance tax take has hit £7.5bn a year, up 17% from the last 12-month period and 50% over five years, while corporation tax receipts were up significantly due to 25% rate

The head of HMRC Jim Harra has told MPs he aims to cut the volume of phone calls to HMRC advisers by nearly a third by the end of 2024 and will shut more helplines

HMRC plans to offer staff the option to flex their working hours on a seasonal basis to reflect fluctuating demand for services starting with a small trial

Overlap relief information for basis period accounting can only be provided if the business' profit and loss figures are recorded in HMRC systems

A director of a building firm has failed to pay a tax bill of £145,000 after the business went bust seven years after he received a director disqualification for failing to pay HMRC

HMRC, the Serious Fraud Office and police seized £179m last year from suspected criminals using wide-ranging confiscation orders