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Written question asked by Gordon Prentice (Labour) on Tuesday, 15 December 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 5 January 2010. It was answered by Stephen Timms (Labour) on Monday, 11 January 2010 on behalf of the Treasury.


Tax Evasion

Question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the monetary value of tax evaded in 2008-09; and if he will make a statement.
Answer

"Protecting Tax Revenues 2009", published alongside the 2009 pre-Budget report and available at:"http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/pbr2009/protect-tax-revenue-5450.pdf"provides an illustrative breakdown of the tax gap in 2007-08 by behaviour. Figures for 2008-09 are not available.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
503 c779-80W; 308375
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Tax avoidance
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk