{"id":11982,"date":"2011-09-22T10:01:18","date_gmt":"2011-09-22T09:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=11982"},"modified":"2011-09-22T10:01:18","modified_gmt":"2011-09-22T09:01:18","slug":"all-the-direct-tax-gaps-have-risen-making-the-case-for-massive-new-investment-in-hmrc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2011\/09\/22\/all-the-direct-tax-gaps-have-risen-making-the-case-for-massive-new-investment-in-hmrc\/","title":{"rendered":"All the direct tax gaps have risen – making the case for massive new investment in HMRC"},"content":{"rendered":"

I'm going to repeat the HMRC tax gap table just published:<\/p>\n

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Let's look at the direct tax gaps - I've already explained<\/a> that much the VAT gap is down to a change in tax rates.<\/p>\n

Now let's look at the direct tax gaps. As is very clear, with the exception of stamp duties these have all risen. And\u00a0this\u00a0is\u00a0despite\u00a0falling incomes and profits.<\/p>\n

This is inevitable. Even given the wholly inadequate basis of\u00a0calculation\u00a0the Revenue use for these gaps which\u00a0ludicrously\u00a0understates\u00a0them (to make their performance look better) tax gaps will always rise in recessions: that's because people can't make ends meet and so seek to abuse more. This trend will get much worse.<\/p>\n

But\u00a0despite\u00a0that the Revenue are cutting staff across the board who can deal with this -\u00a0meaning\u00a0money is simply being given away by HMRC. How ludicrous is that?<\/p>\n

And how wrong is their message that the tax gap is being\u00a0dealt\u00a0with in that case?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m going to repeat the HMRC tax gap table just published:                            
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