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<p>HMRC will subject CJRS claims to scrutiny and use their usual compliance tools
to carry out proportionate risk-based compliance checks before and after payment to
test the veracity of CJRS claims. In doing so, HMRC will protect essential public
services and the livelihoods at risk during these challenging times.</p><p> </p><p>It
is vital the Government supports businesses to recover by ensuring a level playing
field so the compliant majority cannot be undercut by a minority who are trying to
cheat the system.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC know that some people will have made honest mistakes
and are taking a proportionate approach to recovering overclaimed grants. HMRC also
know that many businesses claimed while under considerable pressure and may not have
fully appreciated what work was, and was not, allowed.</p><p> </p><p>No-one who has
tried to do the right thing but made an honest mistake has any need to be concerned,
as long as they work with HMRC to put it right. HMRC can correct a mistake without
a penalty within 90 days of receiving the grant or their circumstances changing.</p><p>
</p><p>The Government is also taking tough action to tackle fraudulent behaviour.
Anyone who keeps furlough money despite knowing they were not entitled to it faces
having repay up to double the amount they received, plus interest and potentially
criminal prosecution.</p>
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