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Revenue in new offshore tax trawl
Offshore tax dodgers will be facing a second round of investigations by HM Revenue & Customs next year.
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Last chance for offshore evaders
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About 40,000 estates a year are subject to inheritance tax
2.8 million Britons claim disability living allowance
From April 2008 the basic rate of income tax is 20p

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Cash Christmas Day tax returns trend
Some 620 people in the UK filed their tax returns online on Christmas Day, says HM Revenue and Customs.
TAX EXPLAINED

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A large chunk of your earnings disappears in tax - so how exactly does the tax system work.
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Cash Benefit fraud and error at £2.6bn
At least £2.6bn in UK benefits was lost to fraud and errors in the last financial year, official statistics show.

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