HMRC has secured £26.6bn from clamping down on tax avoidance and evasion in the last year, its annual accounts have shown.
HMRC is to hold regular stakeholder forums to help clarify and develop the rules surrounding EIS, SEIS and VCT schemes.
HMRC has widened the range of investments available through ISAs to include peer-to-peer lending trusts.
HMRC has said it will pursue users and promoters of an "aggressive" tax avoidance scheme run by high flying recruitment business Anderson Group.
The government expects to collect an extra £3.1bn from those found to have avoided or evaded tax payments - and those professionals who help them - Chancellor George Osborne said in his Budget speech today.
The government is to force tax avoidance schemes to reveal they are being monitored by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) as part of its wider clamp down on tax crime.
HSBC is facing investigations at home and abroad following allegations that it colluded with Swiss clients to help them dodge tax.
Retired Premier League players are among more than 100 footballers who face financial ruin as a result of demands from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), but some stars have said the fault lies with their advisers.
HMRC's crackdown on tax avoidance and evasion by the "mass affluent" saw an income boost of 60% in the last year, a new report has claimed.
HMRC investigations have yielded a record £136m in extra capital gains tax (CGT) collected from individuals and small businesses in the last year, according to an accountancy firm.