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Written question asked by Mike Crockart (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 8 December 2014, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 11 December 2014 (named day). It was answered by David Gauke (Conservative) on Thursday, 11 December 2014 on behalf of the Treasury.

Tax Avoidance and Evasion

Question

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.

Answer

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.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
217680
Session
2014-15
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Enforcement Tax avoidance Tax evasion
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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