Written question asked by Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 13 April 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 17 April 2007. It was answered by Baroness Primarolo (Labour) on Wednesday, 18 April 2007 on behalf of the Treasury.

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Income Tax: Tax Evasion

Question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the (a) number of cases of and (b) loss of revenue through income tax evasion by those resident in (i) the United Kingdom, (ii) each region and (iii) each London borough in each of the last five years.

Answer

There are currently no reliable estimates of the income tax revenue lost through tax evasion.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

132171; 459 c691-2W

Session

2006-07

Subjects

Income tax Tax evasion

Link

View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk