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Sharp drop in fines against finance directors as HMRC has 'bigger fish to fry'

The number of penalties issued personally to finance directors at large businesses by HMRC has dropped from 148 to just 20 in a year, according to new data, shared with City A.M. 

Sharp drop in fines against finance directors as HMRC has 'bigger fish to fry'
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Law firm Pinsent Masons said that much of the fall in the number of fines against finance directors is due to HMRC having to shift the focus of their investigations away from tax disputes with big businesses to investigating furlough fraud.

Read more at City A.M.

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