Our campaign has now pressured the UK Government to introduce stricter legislation to prevent VAT Fraud on the internet. Introduced in the Finance Bill in November 2017 the legislation makes online retailers such as eBay and Amazon liable for VAT fraud that they know or should know is taking place and it also ensures that VAT numbers of Third Party Sellers are listed. However much more needs to be done (such as confiscating stock and removing fraudsters listings).
HMRC have for many years failed to pursue strong enforcement where the existence of fraud has been obvious.
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