Written Question·Treasury·UIN 121855
VAT: Fraud
Tabled: 18 March 2026
Answered: 26 March 2026
Question
Dr Luke Evans
Conservative — Hinckley and Bosworth
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to WPQ 112096 answered on 23 February 2026 about 'VAT Fraud,' what recent discussions he has had with HMRC about trends in the levels of cases of organised criminals accessing VAT accounts using customers'
Answer
Dan TomlinsonHMRC 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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