HMRC targets secondary ticket industry

The tax affairs of the secondary ticketing industry are being targeted by HM Revenue and Customs, the Victoria Derbyshire programme has learned.
It comes after some sites were criticised during a Department of Culture Media and Sport select committee hearing earlier this month.
An industry expert suggested the volume of ticket sales was not reflected in company accounts.
Culture Secretary Karen Bradley said she would raise the concerns with HMRC.
At the hearing in November, ticketing expert Reg Walker said: "This is meant to be a £1.2bn industry in the UK alone, and yet we can only... read more