Taxpayer Protection Taskforce

(asked on 25th May 2021) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what powers the Taxpayer Protection Task Force will have.


Answered by
Jesse Norman Portrait
Jesse Norman
This question was answered on 28th May 2021

The Taxpayer Protection Taskforce is made up of 1,265 FTE officers of HMRC, will be in place for 2021/22 through to 2022/23, and will extend and expand the number of people HMRC have deployed on compliance activity since HMRC had powers to investigate claims.

Officers will have access to, and apply where appropriate, the normal enquiry, penalty and information powers of HMRC. These include legal powers to carry out civil investigations into suspected CJRS fraud, which were granted when the Finance Act received Royal Assent on 22 July 2020.

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