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<p>The Government is committed to tackling tax fraud and avoidance and has re-invested
almost £1 billion in HMRC to strengthen the response to criminal attacks on the tax
system, tax avoidance, and unpaid tax debt.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC’s response
to non-compliance is tailored to the seriousness of the offence. HMRC is actively
responding to the risks in the sector, and working with the National Crime Agency
to develop and deliver a comprehensive multi-agency waste sector campaign.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Visits to landfill sites are one part of HMRC’s response to
landfill tax compliance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition to these visits
and audit checks, HMRC has launched a cross-tax waste sector pilot exercise which
is currently under way, where cases are being worked across all taxes, rather than
just landfill tax. HMRC is also working collaboratively with other agencies to tackle
non-compliance and develop a joined up multi-agency strategy, capitalising on the
full range of sanctions available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC adopts a risk-based
approach to compliance activity to enable resources to be deployed flexibly to areas
of highest risk and does not therefore allocate budgets to any particular tax regime</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC’s management information systems are unable to identify
the number of complaints received specifically about the non-payment of landfill tax
without incurring disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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