A convicted VAT fraudster has been sentenced to a further eight years in jail for failing to repay a £26m confiscation order.
An HMRC policy to target "deliberate tax defaulters" could prompt a wave of human rights cases against the taxman, a City law firm says.
HMRC plans to suspend online access for the public at the end of the tax year, despite admitting to MPs this week that its telephone-based service is "not acceptable".
A 69 year old man who tried to smuggle £60,000 in laundered money notes out of the UK by hiding it in his underwear, has been ordered to repay HMRC what he owes or face jail.
The Treasury Select Committee (TSC) has stressed to the government that HMRC must not be above the law and should remain subject to legal challenge.
Businesses have been reminded of their obligation to file corporation tax online from next month.
Taxpayers are being given just days to pay bills totalling thousands of pounds in the latest clampdown by HM Revenue & Customs.
HMRC is clamping down on qualifying recognised overseas pension scheme (QROPS) abuse through investigations by its Anti-Fraud Unit (AFU).
HMRC will bring in harsh new penalties for evading income and capital gains tax abroad from 6 April.
HMRC is creating new figures to calculate drawdown limits which could reduce pensioner incomes, experts warn.