The ringleaders of a gang who triggered Northern Ireland’s biggest ever tax probe have been jailed thanks to secretly recorded conversations in a bugged accountant’s office. The decade-long investigation into the £5 million tax fraud ended yesterday with prison sentences issued to gang leaders 58-year-old Francis Devlin and 56-year-old Paul McStravick for a combined total of eight years.
People who work in Belfast are being encouraged to check that they are receiving the correct pay, after nearly 7,000 workers in the city were underpaid the National Minimum Wage (NMW) last year. This month HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is writing to more than 30,000 workers in the area to raise awareness and warn about mistakes employers may make with their pay.
Employers in the Belfast area are being urged not to risk falling foul of the law, as efforts are made to reduce the almost 7,000 workers who were underpaid the National Minimum Wage (NMW) last year.
HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC) Belfast Regional Centre and UK Government hub was formally opened today (19 October 2022) by Chris Heaton-Harris MP, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. Erskine House on Chichester Street, a short walk from Belfast City Hall, is one of HMRC’s 14 new regional centres across the UK.
HMRC is calling on people to stay vigilant in the fight against fraudsters, who are using email and text messages to scam them out of their savings.
Treasury Minister Damian Hinds visited Belfast and Newry today as HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) unveiled new roadside fuel testing equipment to tackle the trade in illicit diesel.
Tax credits customers in Belfast are being asked to check their childcare costs as HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) launches a new campaign to reduce tax credits error and fraud.
Tax cheats in Scotland and Northern Ireland who try to fraudulently reclaim VAT are being targeted as part of an HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) taskforce.