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Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion: Convictions
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury) Wednesday 20th March 2024 Question to the HM Treasury: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions have resulted from HMRC's criminal investigations into avoidance and evasion of (i) income tax, (ii) national insurance contributions, (iii) VAT, (iv) excise duties and (v) corporation tax in each financial year between 2019-20 and 2023-24. Answered by Nigel Huddleston Where data is already available via GOV.UK, HMRC have provided links below.
HMRC do not routinely issue civil penalties as a direct result of criminal investigations, so do not hold the requested data.
Prosecutions, convictions and acquittals: 2019-2020
2020-21 and 2021-22 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/630f50178fa8f54491def8ce/HMRC_quarterly_performance_data_table_Q4_2021_to_2022.xlsx
2022-23
Total number of individuals charged: 2020/21 and 2021/22:
2022/23:
There has been one Deferred Prosecution Agreement: https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/first-ever-cps-deferred-prosecution-agreement-ps615-million |