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Six arrested in connection with scheme to dodge tax avoidance crackdown

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    Six arrested in connection with scheme to dodge tax avoidance crackdown

    Six people have been arrested in connection with a scheme promising to sidestep a controversial tax avoidance crackdown.

    Telegraph Money has previously warned against dubious arrangements promising to sidestep the loan charge, which has been levied on contractors who used so-called disguised remuneration schemes dating back 20 years.

    The 50,000 affected people face huge bills for unpaid tax, in some cases well over £100,000, and a number of schemes have sprung up promising to avoid the charge – often by artificially repaying any outstanding loans. Experts have warned that use of such schemes could lead to further penalties.

    Fifty officers from HM Revenue & Customs swooped in two raids in the past week and searched premises in London, Guildford, Stevenage, Stratford-upon-Avon and Kent. Six people have been arrested on suspicion of cheating the public revenue and committing fraud by false representation.

    The six arrested were a man from Guildford, 54, a man from Stevenage, 58, a man from Stratford, 50, a man from south London, 78, a woman from Tonbridge, 45, and a 50-year-old man from Sevenoaks in Kent. All have been released pending further investigation.

    Six arrested in connection with scheme to dodge tax avoidance crackdown


    #2
    Fraudsters using Fiat?!
    "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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      #3
      KUATB
      Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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        #4
        Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
        Fraudsters using Fiat?!
        fiat is the one all the crims use - sooner they ban it the better
        "Is someone you don't like allowed to say something you don't like? If that is the case then we have free speech."- Elon Musk

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          #5
          Originally posted by Jog On View Post
          fiat is the one all the crims use - sooner they ban it the better
          i thought they used bmw or merc ?

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            #6
            I would love to know the name of the scheme(s).

            About time HMRC started using their enormous powers properly.

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              #7
              Are there names listed anywhere?

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                #8
                Originally posted by Invisiblehand View Post
                Are there names listed anywhere?
                Yep, look at most Cenotaphs, loads of names on those.

                Telephone books too, shedloads of names.
                Old Greg - In search of acceptance since Mar 2007. Hoping each leap will be his last.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Zigenare View Post
                  Yep, look at most Cenotaphs, loads of names on those.

                  Telephone books too, shedloads of names.
                  Every considered doing something useful with your Monday morning?

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Invisiblehand View Post
                    Every considered doing something useful with your Monday morning?
                    It was that or sh4g your wife. And he already did her last night.

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