Taxation — Written Question

Question

Mr Richard Holden

Conservative — Basildon and Billericay

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the tax gap was in the (a) 2005-06 financial year and (b) latest financial year for which data is available; what steps her Department is taking to close the tax gap; and whether she has set a target for closin

Answer

James Murray

The tax gap is the difference between the amount of tax that should, in theory, be paid to HMRC, and the amount that is actually paid. In 2005-06 the tax gap was estimated to be 7.4% (£32.4bn). The latest estimates, published in June 2024, show the tax ga...

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