HMRC mislays 1.5kg of Bolivian marching powder
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Child benefit claimants not at risk, however HM Revenue and Customs has enhanced its international reputation for mislaying things by allowing 1.5kg of cocaine go walkabout from a HMRC depot near Coventry airport, the Sun reports.â¦
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Taxing Peter to overpay Paul Fraud and error in the tax credits system is costing the UK economy at least Â£1bn a year, according to MPs.â¦
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The Inland Revenue comes under fire after it sent letters to thousands of small business suggesting their tax returns may be incorrect.
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The pensions department apologises for sending thousands of personal letters to the wrong addresses.
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British pharmaceutical group GlaxoSmithKline said it had settled a tax dispute with the US government at a cost of about 3.1 billion dollars (2.44 billion euros) to GSK.
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The first winner of US reality TV series Survivor is charged with tax evasion for failing to declare his Â£1m prize.
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Insurer fined Â£1.26m after failing to take reasonable care of policyholders' details
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Politicos just blowing smoke Opinion Data protection, privacy and information law have never been so high profile as in recent months. Following the loss of 25 million people's personal details by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), there has been what seems like a tide of gaffe after slip-up, all resulting in private personal details spilling out into the public domain.â¦
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A committee of the House of Lords has claimed that Value Added Tax (VAT) carousel fraud is out of control.
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Telecoms equipment group Marconi clears its Â£669.5m ($1.2bn) debt mountain ahead of schedule.
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Hundreds of thousands of people are wrongly told they have a gap in their tax records that could affect their pension.
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Business & money: Â· Firm teaching energy assessors sacks 100Â· Government could be sued for lost earnings
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Could be open season for fraudsters Gordon Brown has been warned that plans to simplify VAT rules will severely impair the European Union's ongoing battle against tax fraud.â¦
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Website shows how you can hit back, too An Edinburgh man has obtained damages of more than Â£1,300 from British-based spammer.â¦
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HMRC promises light touch for honest late starters Traders in a broad range of electronic goods have three months to overhaul their systems ahead of a VAT shakeup designed to crack down on missing trader fraud.â¦
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About one million taxpayers paid the wrong amount of income tax last year because of official mistakes, says a report.
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Bounty should go to a good home, says report The UK is missing out on more than Â£1bn in lost taxes and the creation of over 13,000 new high-paying jobs over four years if we all took software piracy more seriously, according to a new report.â¦