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HMRC recovers record amount of unpaid taxes due to targeted approach

Joe Stanley-Smith
November 11, 2014
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The top team of special investigators at UK tax authority Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has gathered £4.15 billion ($6.58 billion) in unpaid tax in 2013/2014, a new record.

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