by Alex Dunnagan | Jan 18, 2023
A new PAC report argues that the government is “missing the opportunity to recover billions” Tax Debt stands at £41.6bn, over £20bn more than pre-pandemic levels, with HMRC estimating it will take “some years” for this debt to be reduced. New PAC report argues that...
by George Turner | Feb 19, 2021
19th February 2021 HMRC’s use of criminal prosecutions for tax fraud and other revenue crimes. A comparison with benefits fraud. Download PDF Summary In this report we look at criminal investigations and prosecutions into tax fraud and other revenue crimes...
by Alex Dunnagan | Jan 14, 2021
This paper was written by George Turner and was the basis of a presentation to the University of Exeter Business School’s Tax Administration Research Centre Conference in December 2020. Introduction The Global Financial Crisis in 2008 made tax avoidance and...
by Alex Dunnagan | Aug 5, 2020
5th August 2020 Landlord tax evasion costing up to £1.7bn a year Summary Tax evasion by residential landlords could be costing the Treasury up to £1.73 billion a year, a new analysis by TaxWatch has found. This is more than three times the amount reported for 2010,...
by Mike Lewis | Sep 10, 2025
For a PDF version of this briefing, click here Executive summary Large online businesses – search engines, online retail platforms, social media – can generate revenues from users and customers while having limited or no taxable presence where those users and...