HMRCs Connect system allows it to match different bits of information about peoples affairsALAMY<\/p>\n
The taxman is cracking down on self-assessment taxpayers who claim dividends on shares or income from rental properties.<\/p>\n
HM Revenue & Customs is using data from its Connect super-computer programme, which allows it to match different bits of information about peoples affairs.<\/p>\n
Saffery Champness, one of Britains biggest chartered accountancy firms, reports that more of its clients are receiving warning letters from HMRC after filling in their tax returns last year.<\/p>\n
The letters often question whether information people have put down is correct, asking them to double check.<\/p>\n
The accountant says clients have been accused of claiming entrepreneurs relief when not entitled to it; receiving dividends from shares or foreign income that has not been declared for capital gains tax purposes; failing to declare full<\/p>\n
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