Tax Evasion: Prosecutions
(asked on 22nd January 2024) - View Source
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many people and corporate bodies have been investigated, charged, and prosecuted for facilitating tax evasion under the Criminal Finances Act 2017, and what the outcomes of these investigation and enforcement activities have been in each case.
The Criminal Finances Act 2017 came into effect on 30 September 2017 and are new offences applicable to organisations that fail to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion from that date onwards.
Updates on the number of HMRC interventions are provided bi-annually on Gov.UK pages Number of live Corporate Criminal Offences investigations - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
The Criminal Finances Act 2017 is specific legislation in relation to corporates and not individuals, so the element of the question pertaining to individuals is not applicable and no information can be provided in that respect.
However, as per a previous PQ HL6278 asked on 8th March 2023, tackling enablers of tax fraud remains a top priority for HMRC. HMRC is working with partners across the world to take action against enablers.