Daarbij gaat het om individuen of ondernemingen die de fiscus voor meer dan 25.000 pond tekort gedaan hebben. Staatssecretaris Stephen Timms, belast met belastingzaken: ‘We know that law-abiding taxpayers will want to see the results of HMRC’s investigations into tax cheats.  This new approach should make people think again about trying to get away with tax fraud. As well as having to pay the tax, interest on the tax, plus penalties of up to 100 per cent of the tax lost, they also now risk being identified publicly.’

Fiona Fernie, Tax Investigations Partner bij BDO zegt:  ‘This new law is not as drastic as it sounds, because only those who refuse to cooperate with the HMRC’s investigations will be named and shamed.  Individuals or companies that come forward, or agree to cooperate with HMRC, will avoid having their dirty laundry aired in public.’