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Written question asked by Michael Meacher (Labour) on Monday, 2 March 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 9 March 2015 (named day). It was answered by David Gauke (Conservative) on Monday, 9 March 2015 on behalf of the Treasury.

Taxation

Question

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the date, amount and reason for being additional is of each item of the £100 billion of compliance revenues secured since April 2010.

Answer

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)’s compliance performance is measured using internal management information systems. This data is constructed from information derived from individual compliance cases or activities within HMRC.

All items are additional tax revenues raised from compliance activities, hence the term additional.

The additional tax revenues collected from compliance activities by HM Revenue and Customs for each year since May 2010 is as follows.

(£bn)

2010/11*

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

2014/15

Outturns

13.9

18.6

20.7

23.9

Target

26

*Note: the methodology for calculating additional tax revenues from compliance activity changed between 2010/11 and 2011/12, and so the figure of £13.9bn is not directly comparable to later years.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
225837
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Tax avoidance Taxation Tax evasion Tax yields Revenue and Customs
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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