Written Question·Treasury·UIN 5137
Tax Evasion: Small Businesses
Tabled: 10 September 2024
Answered: 18 September 2024
Question
Paula Barker
Labour — Liverpool Wavertree
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of developing a system to tackle trends in the level of tax evasion from small businesses.
Answer
James MurrayThe Government is committed to tackling all forms of non-compliance, including evasion. Each year HMRC estimates the size of the tax gap, and the latest published tax gap (2022-23) was 4.8% of theoretical liabilities, or £39.8bn. The element attributable ...
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