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Criminals involved in the missing trader intra-community (MTIC) fraud have evolved and are operating more cunningly to evade detection, but HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is also trying to move with the times.
As revealed earlier this year, the Office of National Statistics (ONS) figures showed exports of goods to non-EU countries rose by 15 per cent between May and June and MTIC fraudsters were largely behind the phantom sales.
This is a point HMRC recognised last week when it admitted those involved in the activity--buying CPUs or mobile phones free of VAT in the EU, selling them at VAT inclusive prices and then disappearing without paying duty--had moved goods to Dubai, Switzerland and Hong Kong to make their trail more complicated to trace.
The cost to the exchequer through MTIC had fallen to between 1.1 bn ...