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Twyllwr TAW i dalu £1.2m neu bydd yn wynebu rhagor o amser yn y carchar

Twyllwr TAW i dalu £1.2m neu bydd yn wynebu rhagor o amser yn y carchar

Mae’n rhaid i dwyllwr sydd wedi’i garcharu, a brynodd dair fila yn Sbaen ar ôl dwyn mwy na £1.2 miliwn oddi ar drethdalwyr, dalu’r arian yn ôl neu bydd yn wynebu saith mlynedd arall yn y carchar.
Cafodd Graham Drury, 71 oed, gynt o Strathalyn, Yr Orsedd, Wrecsam, ei garcharu am bum mlynedd a hanner yn 2021 ar ôl cyflwyno Ffurflenni TAW twyllodrus i Gyllid a Thollau EF (CThEF).
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Ilona Leszczynska and Radoslaw Dobron

Beer smugglers jailed for seven years

Two fraudsters who spearheaded a Polish beer smuggling scam have been jailed for a total of seven years. Radoslaw Dobron, 36, and Ilona Leszczynska, 37, smuggled 122 lorry loads of non UK-duty paid beer via a North London based alcohol wholesaler. The beer, worth more than £3.1 million in evaded duty, was smuggled to Top Seller Ltd by abusing a commercial importers scheme.

Stronger powers to combat illicit tobacco come into force

Stronger powers to combat illicit tobacco come into force

More than 27 million illicit cigarettes and 7,500kg of hand-rolling tobacco were seized under Operation CeCe in its first two years, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and National Trading Standards have revealed.

One month to go until Alcohol Duty system changes

One month to go until Alcohol Duty system changes

Today marks one month until the biggest Alcohol Duty reforms in 140 years come into effect.
On 1 August 2023, the Alcohol Duty system will become much simpler, taxing all alcoholic drinks based on their alcohol by volume (ABV).
This replaces the current Alcohol Duty system, which consists of four separate taxes covering beer, cider, spirits, wine and made-wine.
It will make the system

Illegal cigarettes seized at Belfast Port

10.8 million cigarettes seized at Belfast port

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is investigating after 10.8 million illegal cigarettes were seized at Belfast Port. The cigarettes, worth around £5.3million in unpaid taxes, were seized by HMRC working alongside Border Force, on 20 June, 2023. The cigarettes were found packed in cardboard boxes inside a container that had been scanned by Border Force. No arrests have been made.

Tax gap holds steady at 4.8%

Tax gap holds steady at 4.8%

The amount of unpaid UK tax has remained at an all-time low of 4.8%, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) revealed today (22 June).

Cigarette smuggling gang jailed for 26 years

Cigarette smuggling gang jailed for 26 years

A gang caught red-handed with millions of counterfeit cigarettes at a Lincolnshire farm has been handed prison sentences totalling 26 years.
The small village of Midville, in East Lindsey, was the unlikely base for the gang who were caught with more than 6.5millon cigarettes, worth more than £1.8m in evaded duty.
Officers from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) arrested Marcin Kopec, 44, and Woj

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HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is the UK’s tax authority

HMRC is responsible for making sure that the money is available to fund the UK’s public services and for helping families and individuals with targeted financial support.

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