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Brits slapped with £571m in HMRC fines in crackdown on tax avoidance and late payments

Penalties imposed by HMRC on taxpayers have jumped by nearly a third, from £445m to £571m in just one year, according to fresh HMRC data.

Brits slapped with £571m in HMRC fines in crackdown on tax avoidance and late payments
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The primary reason behind this jump is HMRC increasingly clamping down on tax avoidance as part of its efforts to make up for revenue lost during the pandemic, said experts at tax investigation insurance firm PfP, which analysed the data.

Read more at City A.M.

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