HMRC extends higher-rate tax avoidance crackdown

The department will focus on high rate taxpayers working in the home improvement market and people who receive income from buying and selling goods or commission from those sales. HMRC will use its internet robots to search online for information on specific people and businesses. It comes after HMRC targeted wealthy individuals who own property abroad in October 2011. The campaign will focus on individuals or businesses which have failed to complete tax returns. Marian Wilson, of head of campaigns at HMRC's risk and intelligence department, said: "Most people pay their taxes in...