Steve Doughty
UK Daily Mail
Wednesday , January 13th, 2010
Taxmen are using anti-terror laws 15 times a day to
snoop on those suspected of minor breaches of the rules, it was claimed
yesterday.
Officials at Revenue and Customs began more than 5,600
investigations last year that relied on Labour’s controversial
surveillance laws.
Figures given to MPs yesterday show the number of cases
in which taxmen have used the anti-terror powers has risen by 75 per
cent in the past four years.
The Revenue claims the powers are used only in cases where people
are suspected of importing drugs, arms and other contraband, or in
major VAT fraud investigations.
But critics accused the body of using the laws to investigate minor breaches of income tax, VAT or tax credit rules.
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