A tax avoidance promoter whose schemes were used by locum doctors and nurses faces a £900,000 penalty for failing to co-operate with HMRC.

Last year HMRC accrued £5.2bn of taxpayer’s money from Inheritance Tax alone - £400m more than the year before – and this figure is expected to rise to £6.5bn this year.

Hargreaves Lansdown has commented on revelations that 129 footballers are being investigated by HMRC over tax avoidance schemes, saying there are better ways to avoid paying tax. 

HM Revenue and Customs is claiming "major legal victories" over corporate tax avoidance schemes after three rulings found in its favour.