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HMRC Issues Cash-In-Hand Payment Warning (30 January 2012)

Date: 30/01/2012
Duncan Lewis, Legal News Solicitors, HMRC Issues Cash-In-Hand Payment Warning

Dave Hartnett, HM Revenue and Customs’ permanent tax secretary, has warned that cash-in-hand payments are harming the economy and depriving hospitals and educational establishments of vital funds. Mr. Hartnett has urged the public to report individuals they believe to be evading tax. He claimed that paying a cleaner or builder in cash, enabling them to avoid paying VAT or income tax, would create deeper Government public services cuts. He added that no one who provided or received cash-in-hand payments could complain about the Government’s austerity measures.

Mr. Hartnett has described cash-in-hand payments as a long-time problem and has urged people who are concerned about it to contact HMRC’s whistle-blowing line to inform tax inspectors. He warned that HMRC was getting increasingly better at tracking down those who benefit from cash payments. He said that HMRC aimed to increase the number of prosecutions for cash-in-hand payments six-fold, to 1,200 over the next year. HMRC is beginning its campaign to target the tens of thousands of workers who they suspect receive cash-in-hand payments and who used to pay high rates of tax but now do not. Previous operations have targeted home tutors, eBay sellers and plumbers. Since 2007, HMRC’s efforts have pulled in an additional £500 million in tax.

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