Robot targets eBay UK tax dodgers
Published June 9th, 2006
The UK tax dept is clamping down on tax dodging e-traders by hunting them down using a ‘web robot’.
The £250,000 robot, which was launched in March, is an advanced search engine that targets high-volume traders, such as those that sell goods on eBay, that fail to register for VAT.
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) expects the device to rake in an extra £1m a year in VAT and to force an extra 20 businesses to register for the tax.
