date:Aug 30, 2012
civil and criminal proceedings on alcohol duty evasion - which increased significantly when the strategy was introduced.
It is currently consulting on a range of measures to reduce alcohol duty fraud, including a proposal to introduce fiscal stamps for beer. Bacon said this approach appeared to have been successful in reducing duty evasion on spirits.
The committeexplained its views in its latest report on HMRCs progress in implementing the revised Renewed Alcohol Strategy.
Alcohol fraud in