HMRC are targeting specific industries for in depth investigation, in particular cash businesses. Starting with Plumbers earlier in the year, the typical line of questioning attempts to secure confessions of under declarations of cash or tips. The point to remember is that confessions in respect of one year will be multiplied by six with penalties and interest added. So you must think hard if under declaration has occurred or you simply want an investigation to end as quickly as possible by admitting to something you have not necessarily done. Are taxi drivers due soon?

The RMT union, representing black-cab drivers in London, is consulting lawyers about possible legal action to recoup any financial losses from the collapse of Manganese Bronze, the cab manufacturer.
The London mayor, Boris Johnson, is being pressed to suspend his scheme to ban any taxi which is more than 15 years old, due to the recent design fault recall and potential difficulties in supply of new cabs.