This significant decline, from 1,417 civil inquiries in the tax year 2018-19 to just 627 in 2022-23, signals a troubling trend in the enforcement of tax laws against offshore, corporate, and wealthy taxpayers investigated by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) fraud unit.
This shift has sparked a wave of criticism, with campaigners and critics arguing that HMRC’s dwindling enforcement actions are allowing tax dodgers to operate with impunity, undermining the integrity of the tax system.
Hot on the heels of this.
I’m not surprised. Anyone who has to interact with HMRC regularly knows they don’t have nearly enough staff and they are so behind it’s untrue. They likely don’t have the manpower to do investigations.
Likely? Definitely don’t, and by design. A statistically significant portion of the tax evaders are in parliament, no doubt.
Everything working to plan.
Ever pound spent on a tax Investigator yields many times that, so cutting their numbers only makes sense to.the rich.
HMRC claim that only 5% of UK don’t pay their taxes.
That 5% is worth £36 billion a year!
I’ve got my suspicions about who that 5% are. Damn you you single-parent, new trainer-wearing, work-shy benefit claimants! Damn you!
