Dave Hartnett, director general of HM Revenue & Customs , has vowed that tax investigators will not limit their search for offshore bank accounts to the five banks targeted by their latest disclosure order, but will extend their search to include all 550 banks in the UK.
AccountancyAge.com exclusively revealed on Friday that only 4,000 people had taken advantage of the 'amnesty' offered to holders of offshore accounts who had not paid tax, a mere 1% of the total of suspicious accounts HMRC is eyeing.





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