Written Question·Treasury·UIN 56669
Sub-letting: Tax Avoidance
Tabled: 2 June 2025
Answered: 9 June 2025
Question
Rachel Blake
Labour (Co-op) — Cities of London and Westminster
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the amount of revenue lost through tax avoidance in relation to illegal subletting of homes as short-term lets in each of the last five years.
Answer
James MurrayHM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) estimates the size of the tax gap, which is the difference between the amount of tax that should, in theory, be paid to HMRC, and what is actually paid. The tax gap statistics and details of the estimate methodologies are pub...
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