Written Question·Treasury·UIN 14446

Taxation

Tabled: 30 June 2026
Answered: 8 July 2026

Question

James Wild

ConservativeNorth West Norfolk

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the HMRC publication entitled Measuring tax gaps 2026 edition: tax gap estimates for 2024 to 2025, what HMRC’s targets are to reduce the tax gap for each year of this Parliament.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
The annual tax gap is a statistical estimate published with a time lag of over a year and subject to significant revision in subsequent updates. Whilst HMRC’s compliance activity helps to reduce the tax gap, it is influenced by a range of other factors ou...

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