Treasury - Fourth Report

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 9 March 2005.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Report

1 Introduction

2 The level of excise duty fraud and Customs' strategy for tackling it

3 Tackling tobacco smuggling

Estimating the level of tobacco smuggling

Cigarettes

Hand rolling tobacco

Co-operation with tobacco manufacturers

Memoranda of Understanding

The agreement between Philip Morris and the European Commission

Counterfeit cigarettes

4 Tackling alcohol fraud

Estimating the level of alcohol fraud

Tax stamps on spirits

5 Tackling oils fraud

Estimating and tackling oils fraud

Conclusions and recommendations

Formal minutes

Witnesses

List of written evidence

ORAL AND WRITTEN EVIDENCE

Wednesday 17 November 2004
Wednesday 8 December 2004
Wednesday 12 January 2005
Wednesday 2 February 2005

Written evidence

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Prepared 15 March 2005