The new powers allow the government tax arm to look into the bank accounts of millions of benefits claimants up and down the ...

Richard Las, chief investigation officer and director of the Fraud Investigation Service at HMRC, said the powers are used ...

Fran Heathcote, general secretary at the PCS, said: “Fujitsu continues to report large profits from the HMRC account, but ...

HMRC has clarified how it uses its powers to access bank accounts to check people are paying the right amount of tax. Amid a ...

The trial is expected to be rolled out across HMRC over the rest of the year, and the tax office is also looking at ...

The DWP are clamping down on fraud, and staff are now being given the power to access bank accounts and take cash.

However, HMRC responded to explain that the funds could not be paid directly into their account. The group said: ...

In his last select committee appearance, outgoing boss Sir Jim Harra told MPs about the tax department’s ongoing work to ...

HMRC issues a request for information notice ahead of opening up bids for a new security information and event management project that aims to reinforce its ability to respond to cyber threats ...

Client has dabbled in investments over the years.  HMRC opted to take him out of self assessment 2 years ago and put him into the Simple Tax Assessment ...

An accountant has been hit with a £37,500 bill after being found guilty of multiple code of ethics breaches, including preparing a set of accounts when ...

Under a Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) disability benefits fraud clampdown, staff are being given the power to access bank accounts and seize cash ...