HMRC

Stories

• Customer service at is at an all-time low as phone line waiting times continue to deteriorate.
• Infiltrated by British Asian gangsters who scammed the British taxpayer out of billions of pounds.
• Thousands are being targeted by harsh HMRC tax collecting scheme linked to 10 suicides.
• Lets wealthy use VIP helpline to avoid long waits.
• No longer publishes statistics by nationality for income tax, national insurance, tax credits and child benefits.
• Migrant student loan fraud crackdown fails to recover any money.
• Scrapped a numerical reasoning test because it had "adverse impact on candidate diversity".
• Asked supermarkets to cap the price of food.
• Suppressed a major investigation into Chinese spying.
• Can claim money directly from accounts of people it believes owe it money.
• Expands equality and diversity team to 30 staff.
• Uses AI to spy on social media posts.
• Hosts "Guilt of Being British" seminar during work hours.
• Capital gains tax receipts fall 10% after capital gains tax rises.
• Employee spared jail after helping ex-husband launder more than £3m.
• Parents told to prove they couldn't afford private school due to new VAT requirements for private schools.

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