Written Question·Treasury·UIN 121854

VAT: Fraud

Tabled: 18 March 2026

Answered: 26 March 2026

Question

Dr Luke Evans

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2026 to Question 112096 on VAT Fraud, how many cases are being investigated by HMRC of organised criminals accessing VAT accounts using genuine customers' registration details a

Answer

Dan Tomlinson

HMRC has active investigations into organised crime VAT fraud. However, live case information isn’t routinely published, and disclosing the number of ongoing investigations would risk alerting or enabling those seeking to exploit the tax system. Further t...

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