Alcoholic Drinks and Tobacco: Smuggling

(asked on 8th May 2024) - View Source
Questioner
Andrew Bridgen Portrait
Andrew Bridgen
(Independent - North West Leicestershire)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the total tax revenue lost due to the smuggling of (a) alcohol and (b) tobacco since 2010.

Answered by
Nigel Huddleston Portrait
Nigel Huddleston
Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
This question was answered on 13th May 2024

HMRC does not estimate the tax gap due to the smuggling of alcohol and tobacco.

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