Tax Evasion
Treasury
Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon, Conservative)
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the level of tax evasion in the last year for which figures are available.
David Gauke (Exchequer Secretary, HM Treasury; South West Hertfordshire, Conservative)
The latest tax gap estimates were published in September 2010 in “Measuring Tax Gaps 2010” on HMRC's website:
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/measuring-tax-gaps-2010.htm.pdf
This publication also contained an illustrative breakdown of the tax gap by behaviour for 2007-08. This estimated that evasion accounted for around 17.5% of the total tax gap, equating to approximately £7 billion.
HMRC will be publishing "Measuring Tax Gaps 2011" on