HMRC Plans Evasion Crackdown with 30 New Taskforces

HMRC will launch 30 new taskforces to crack down on tax dodgers in 2012/13.

The taskforces will target specific business sectors in specific locations. The likely targets include the rag trade, the motor trade and indoor and outdoor markets.

HMRC expects to collect over £50m as a result of 12 taskforces launched in 2011/12 and, with 13 criminal investigations under way, this figure is set to rise. There are also plans to extend some of the taskforces from 2011 to different locations, including the scrap metal taskforce launched in S