UK businesses face higher money laundering checks cost from Dec, tax agency says
By Martin Coyle ( November 12, 2025, 11:44 GMT | Insight) -- Money service businesses and company service providers are among 37,000 companies that will face the first rise in the cost of UK money laundering checks for five years on Dec. 1 by the UK's tax authority. HMRC said the increases were in line with inflation and with the increased cost of supervising companies, and also smaller than originally planned. Money service businesses and company service providers are among 37,000 companies that face the first rise in the cost of UK money laundering checks for more than five years on Dec. 1 by the UK's tax authority....
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