HMRC have this week given publicity to their initial estimate of the VAT tax gap for 2012 – 13. This is their estimate of the
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Cuts are targeting the vulnerable
This morning seems to be one for infographics. Having just done one on tax it is essential to do one on social security. These comes
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Tax paid late is part of the tax gap so why didn’t HMRC pay attention when PCS and I said so?
The Guardian notes this morning that the National Audit Office is saying civil servants and ministers have not got to grips with pursuing unpaid taxes, fines
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If you want a tax refund you can have one
This Friday is tax return final submission day so let me share a fact about tax returns that few people seem to know. Every single
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There has to be a new C word
Labour has, for right or wrong, committed itself to balancing the government’s budget in 2020. I am not convinced of the merit of the policy
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HMRC’s tax gap data implies they are more than 100% efficient in beating big business avoidance each year and that’s just not credible
I have posted HMRC’s response to the Public Accounts Committee on this blog this morning: it seemed only fair to do so. That said, I
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HMRC get the tax gap wrong. The Public Accounts Committee could not be much clearer than that
The following comes from this morning’s Public Accounts Committee report on HMRC: Each year HMRC publishes its estimate of the tax gap to set out
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£20.6 bn of fraud losses to the government – and that’s before the tax gap
The BBC has reported on the government’s new accounts (which I have yet to look at in detail) and noted that: The committee said the
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The new VAT gap suggests UK GDP may be understated by up to 10% and tax evasion has to exceed £70 billion
I’ve just realised HMRC issued a new VAT gap estimate late last week. This is it: To put the data in context the time series
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