Tax Evasion: Prosecutions
(asked on 13th April 2018) - View Source
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the success rate of HMRC has been in taking action through (a) court proceedings and (b) tax tribunals in each of the last 10 years.
HMRC’s success rates in court proceedings and tax tribunals, for the years for which such information is available, are as follows:
| 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 |
Tax Tribunals | Data not held | 71.0%* | 79.1%* | 68.0%* | 68.8% | 82.2% | 86.1% | 81.8% | 83.7% | 77.4% |
Courts† | Data not held | Data not held | Data not held | 85.0% | 72.0% | 72.3% | 69.2% | 71.1% | 74.5% | 90.0% |
*First-tier Tribunal only
†High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court
These figures do not include criminal prosecutions brought by HMRC, since these are prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service.
Please note that not all cases can be categorised as “wins or losses”for HMRC, and some cases may be counted multiple times as they are appealed up through the tribunals and courts.