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24 Jun 22
The 2020-21 ‘tax gap’ – the estimated difference between the amount of tax expected and the amount collected – was £32bn, according to HMRC.
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26 Mar 22
MPs have criticised HMRC for lacking a clear plan to deal with the huge level of tax debt that has built up since the onset of Covid-19.
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10 Feb 22
A group of MPs has criticised what it called HMRC’s lack of ambition to recover billions of pounds lost to fraud amid Covid-19.
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10 Feb 22
Public bodies owe an estimated £260m in tax, after they were given insufficient time to adopt changes to employment regulations, according to the National Audit Office.
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4 Jan 22
A government anti-fraud team has recovered more than £1bn from tax offenders and criminals in the five years since it was set up, according to HM Revenue and Customs.
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22 Nov 21
HMRC is expected to recoup less than half of the forecast £5.8bn lost through fraud and error on Covid-19 support schemes, according to the department's top civil servant.
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17 Sep 21
Fraud accounted for almost half of the tax lost in 2019-20, which is a much bigger problem than previously thought, a think tank has said.
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26 Feb 21
Tax fraud costs the public purse around ten times as much as benefit fraud. So why does the government employ three times as many people to tackle the latter, asks TaxWatch’s George Turner.
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12 Feb 21
The government does not know enough about the overall impact of environmental taxes on its carbon neutrality goals, according to the National Audit Office.
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6 Nov 20
The combined disruption of Covid-19 and Brexit may lead to a financial squeeze for HMRC next year, a report from the tax department said.
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23 Oct 20
Government schemes to protect jobs and support businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic risk considerable levels of fraud and error, particularly the furlough scheme, according to the National Audit...
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16 Oct 20
HMRC needs to make fundamental changes to how it collects tax, as compliance is expected to drop as a result of Covid-19, according to the Public Accounts Committee.
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17 Sep 20
More than 100 councils in England have reported fraudulent claims for Covid-19 grants since the introduction of the emergency measures, according to a report.
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31 Jul 20
Inheritance Tax receipts dropped for the first time in over a decade following the implementation of a tax break in 2017.
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20 Jul 20
The government has been criticised for its lack of understanding of the effectiveness of tax reliefs, as after a report from the Public Accounts Committee said it knew "too little" about the schemes...
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5 May 20
The government’s coronavirus job retention scheme cost £8bn in the two weeks since its launch, according to statistics from HMRC.
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15 Apr 20
Radical reform of the tax system should take place during the coronavirus outbreak, the Institute for Government has argued in a new report.
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2 Apr 20
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has confirmed the government is to waive duties and VAT on medical imports from outside the EU, in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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27 Mar 20
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced that self-employed people are to receive subsidies of up to 80% of profits up to £2,500 per month, in a bid keep businesses running during the coronavirus...
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13 Feb 20
HMRC and the Treasury lack understanding of the effectiveness of tax reliefs while the cost of providing them has grown by 5% over five years, the public spending watchdog has warned.
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14 Oct 19
CIPFA has lined-up a stellar panel of speakers for its Central Government Summit at the end of November.
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4 Oct 19
The government is facing calls to halt its ‘loan charge’ policy introduced to reclaim about £3.2bn of avoided tax, after it was linked to seven suicides.
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2 Aug 19
The UK will create up to 10 ‘free ports’ after Brexit in an attempt to boost ‘left behind areas’ of the country, the government has announced.
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22 Jul 19
CIPFA member Sir Jon Thompson will take over as chief executive of the Financial Reporting Council in the autumn, the government has announced.
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19 Jul 19
HMRC missed its target for reducing fraud and error in personal tax credit overpayments last year, the public spending watchdog has said.
24 Jun 22The 2020-21 ‘tax gap’ – the estimated difference between the amount of tax expected and the amount collected – was £32bn, according to HMRC.
10 Feb 22A group of MPs has criticised what it called HMRC’s lack of ambition to recover billions of pounds lost to fraud amid Covid-19.
10 Feb 22Public bodies owe an estimated £260m in tax, after they were given insufficient time to adopt changes to employment regulations, according to the National Audit Office.
4 Jan 22A government anti-fraud team has recovered more than £1bn from tax offenders and criminals in the five years since it was set up, according to HM Revenue and Customs.
26 Feb 21Tax fraud costs the public purse around ten times as much as benefit fraud. So why does the government employ three times as many people to tackle the latter, asks TaxWatch’s George Turner.
17 Sep 20More than 100 councils in England have reported fraudulent claims for Covid-19 grants since the introduction of the emergency measures, according to a report.
31 Jul 20Inheritance Tax receipts dropped for the first time in over a decade following the implementation of a tax break in 2017.
20 Jul 20The government has been criticised for its lack of understanding of the effectiveness of tax reliefs, as after a report from the Public Accounts Committee said it knew "too little" about the schemes...
15 Apr 20Radical reform of the tax system should take place during the coronavirus outbreak, the Institute for Government has argued in a new report.
2 Apr 20Chancellor Rishi Sunak has confirmed the government is to waive duties and VAT on medical imports from outside the EU, in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
27 Mar 20Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced that self-employed people are to receive subsidies of up to 80% of profits up to £2,500 per month, in a bid keep businesses running during the coronavirus...
14 Oct 19CIPFA has lined-up a stellar panel of speakers for its Central Government Summit at the end of November.
4 Oct 19The government is facing calls to halt its ‘loan charge’ policy introduced to reclaim about £3.2bn of avoided tax, after it was linked to seven suicides.
2 Aug 19The UK will create up to 10 ‘free ports’ after Brexit in an attempt to boost ‘left behind areas’ of the country, the government has announced.
22 Jul 19CIPFA member Sir Jon Thompson will take over as chief executive of the Financial Reporting Council in the autumn, the government has announced.
19 Jul 19HMRC missed its target for reducing fraud and error in personal tax credit overpayments last year, the public spending watchdog has said.
