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News Articles
How should HMRC treat the victims of tax fraud?
by George Turner | Dec 2, 2021
https://www.taxwatchuk.org/eis_fraud_victim/
Pension fraud victims forced to pay taxes on stolen money
HMRC accused of treating people who fell for scams like criminals
Charles Hymas 20 March 2025
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03/20/pension-fraud-victims-being-taxed-on-lost-money/
HMRC is levying tax charges against investment fraud victims who are facing 'devastating welfare and financial issues', say MPs
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/hmrc-is-levying-tax-charges-against-investment-fraud-victims-who-are-facing-devastating-welfare-and-financial-issues-say-mps-4418601
Authorities are 'treating victims of fraud like criminals', MPs told
Nov 1 2024
Tax Write-Off for Madoff Victims
The IRS has eased its rules a little to help taxpayers who lost money in Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme.
By Kimberly Lankford March 26, 2009
https://www.kiplinger.com/article/taxes/t048-c001-s001-tax-write-off-for-madoff-victims.html
Fraud, film schemes and devastation: The financial meltdown affecting a generation of players
Andy Mitten July 1, 2023
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4647000/2023/07/01/football-premier-league-film-fraud/
Time has moved on – and so must HMRC . Ark pension fraud (pt. 94)
Posted on January 5, 2024 by henry tapper
In depth: The lasting effects of ‘pension liberation’
https://www.pensionsage.com/pa/images/PA_JulyAug_23_PensionLiberation.pdf?utm_source
Ex-footballers join pension scam victims in HMRC campaign
18 Apr, 2024
Campaigners call for end to taxman’s perceived harsh tax collection tactics as victims of financial misconduct recount sleepless nights waiting for brown envelopes.
https://citywire.com/new-model-adviser/news/ex-footballers-join-pension-scam-victims-in-hmrc-campaign/a2440694?utm_source
Snowdon: Industry should advocate for Ark victims
Oct 3 2024
The Guardian view on the tax system: losing trust, missing out on billions
Even as millions are sweating over self-assessment forms ahead of this month’s deadline, HMRC dishes up big dollops of bad news
‘All-time low’: HMRC customer service deteriorates amid taxpayers’ exasperation
28 February 2024
HMRC’s civil fraud investigations fall by nearly half
21 February 2024
https://www.taxjournal.com/articles/hmrc-s-civil-fraud-investigations-fall-by-nearly-half
Campaigners call for public inquiry into financial misconduct after protest march
Story by Greg Wright
'Lambs to the slaughter': Tens of thousands of savers have lost up to £10billion in rogue pensions schemes sanctioned by the government... and now the taxman is threatening VICTIMS with fines
By TOM KELLY INVESTIGATIONS EDITOR FOR THE DAILY MAIL
Published: 22:00, 29 December 2019
“The next Post Office scandal”: how HMRC persecutes the victims of fraud
11 January 2024
People who have lost their savings or had their identities co-opted have found themselves being pursued by the tax authorities.
By Will Dunn
Scam victims chased by HMRC became ‘suicidal’
Taxman accused of inflicting ‘devastating’ emotional and financial harm
17 November 2023
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/tax/scam-victims-chased-hmrc-suicidal/
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