Labour 'would hit tax-dodge firms'

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Businesses that dodge tax by exploiting loopholes would be targeted under a blitz to make the system fairer planned by Labour, Ed Balls will announce.

The shadow Chancellor will look at forcing banks to tell the taxman when there is activity in the accounts of supposedly dormant companies and introduce annual dormancy checks to stop the system being used as a vehicle to avoid filing corporate tax returns.