Tax Avoidance and Evasion

(asked on 8th December 2014) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much additional tax has been collected by HM Revenue and Customs from individuals through its anti-avoidance and evasion activities since 2012.


Answered by
David Gauke Portrait
David Gauke
This question was answered on 11th December 2014

HMRCs compliance performance is measured using internal management information systems. This data is constructed from information derived from individual cases or activities within HMRC. These systems can be split into type of tax, but not into behaviour and customer group, as this is not a standard HMRC performance reporting metric.

The additional tax revenues collected from compliance activities by HM Revenue and Customs for each year since May 2010 is as follows.

(£bn)

2010/11*

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

2014/15

Outturns

13.9

18.6

20.7

23.9

Target

26

*Note: the methodology for calculating additional tax revenues from compliance activity changed between 2010/11 and 2011/12, and so the figure of £13.9bn is not directly comparable to later years.

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