Mike Kane
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Tax Avoidance (HSBC)
Mike Kane Excerpts(9 years, 10 months ago)
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Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East) (Lab)
To the British people, this looks like one rule for the uber-wealthy and another rule for the rest of us. Will the Minister explain why there has been only one prosecution in five years?
Mr Gauke
Part of the issue is that, as I have said, HMRC has consistently used civil penalties as the most cost-effective way of collecting the revenue and changing behaviour. When these cases have been taken to the Crown Prosecution Service, it has taken the view that a successful prosecution would be unlikely without corroborating or additional evidence and just on the basis of the data from the leaks.