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Coronavirus: Fraud

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2025 to Question 22789 on Fraud: Coronavirus, how many (a) civil and (b) criminal compliance actions has HMRC taken relating to tax offences suspected of having been committed by

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Answering body: Treasury
Tabled: 22 Jan 2025
Target answer date: 24 Jan 2025
Answer: 30 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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22 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2025 to Question 22789 on Fraud: Coronavirus, how many (a) civil and (b) criminal compliance actions has HMRC taken relating to tax offences suspected of having been committed by
24 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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30 Jan 2025
Answer published
HMRC conducts thousands of civil and criminal compliance actions each year. A number of these relate to tax offences suspected of having been committed by those seeking and fulfilling government contracts relating to the procurement and onward supply of P...

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