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HMRC to take money directly from bank accounts of tax dodgers
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Economy · 2 d ago
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HMRC estimates that around 4.8million individuals and businesses owe less than £10,000 each, with their combined debts totalling £4billion.
The average unpaid bill among individual taxpayers is just £950.
HMRC will be handed sweeping new powers to take money directly from the bank accounts of people who fail to pay their taxes under plans expected to be announced at the Budget.
The taxman will be able to automatically deduct payments from current and savings accounts without obtaining a court order as ministers attempt to recover £4billion in unpaid debts.
Dan Neidle, founder of Tax Policy Associates, warned automated systems could struggle to distinguish deliberate tax avoidance from genuine difficulties.
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