Public Account Committee questions resourcing of HMRC

Public Account Committee questions resourcing of HMRC

by | 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...
Funding to fight covid related tax and benefits fraud

Funding to fight covid related tax and benefits fraud

by | Dec 29, 2021

UK Government has announced an extra £510m boost to DWP to fight benefits fraud following the pandemic. This is in addition to £103m already announced in the spending review HMRC spending £155m to tackle covid related fraud TaxWatch estimates the increase in benefits...
Comparing the prosecution of tax crime with benefits crime

Equality before the law?

by | 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...