Tax Avoidance: Sports and Entertainments
(asked on 17th July 2017) - View Source
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the HM Revenue and Customs dedicated team on tax avoidance in sports and the entertainment industries raised in (a) 2017, (b) 2016 and (c) 2015.
This question was answered on 20th July 2017
HMRC does not have a dedicated team dealing with tax avoidance in the sports and entertainment industries. HMRC has a project looking at all compliance risks in football to ensure that Football Clubs, players, managers and agents pay the correct amount of tax. Since 2014/15 HMRC has brought in over £260m from tackling non-compliance in the football industry.