Tax Prosecution

HMRC’s fraud team took nearly 700 to court
The Mirror reports that HMRC targeted 679 tax evaders for prosecutions last year, including company directors, accountants and gangsters. The paper says the 10 biggest cases alone involved unpaid amounts totalling £260m. Simon York, director of the HMRC’s Fraud Investigation Service, said: “Tax evasion isn’t a victimless crime. It’s stealing money from vital public services. It undermines honest traders. No one is beyond our reach.”