Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook 2019/20Part 10: General rules for tax creditsChapter 65: Investigations, penalties and fraud: tax credits Key facts
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Key facts
    •HM Revenue and Customs has wide powers to investigate your tax credits award and require information from you.
    •In certain circumstances, including if you supply incorrect information or do not comply with other requirements, a financial penalty may be imposed.
    •If you are considered to have acted fraudulently, you may be prosecuted and fined or imprisoned, or both.
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