HMRC Annual Report and Accounts 21-22

Public Accounts Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 26 Jul 2022 Closed: 13 Apr 2023 Parliament page
Gareth Davies, the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) of the National Audit Office, has ‘qualified’ his audit opinion on HMRC’s 2020-21 Annual Resource Accounts because of “material levels of error and fraud in the COVID-19 support schemes, Personal Tax Credits expenditure and Corporation Tax research and development reliefs” . The … Read more
10 Recommendations
13 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
3 Letters
1 Event
Activity timeline 7 events
12 Apr
2023
Report published
11 Jan
2023
Report published
6 Dec
2022
Correspondence
15 Nov
2022
Correspondence
20 Oct
2022
Oral evidence
20 Oct
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
8 Sep
2022
Correspondence
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
20 Oct 2022
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HMRC Annual Report & Accounts 21-22
Angela MacDonald · HMRC Jane Whittaker · HM Revenue and Customs Jim Harra · HMRC Justin Holliday · HMRC
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Thirty-Third Report - HMRC performance in 2021–22 HC 686 11 Jan 2023 23 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
5 results
Clear
7 Recommendation Not Addressed
Thirty-Third Report - HMRC perform…
Research and development tax reliefs are costly, prone to abuse and provide questionable benefit to...
Research and development tax reliefs are costly, prone to abuse and provide questionable benefit to the UK economy. The government has a target of 2.4% of GDP to be invested in research and development. In 2021–22, HMRC spent £9.5 billion … Read more
Government Response
The response addresses different recommendations (1 and 2 related to the UK Infrastructure Bank) and not the recommendation related to research and development tax reliefs.
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1 Conclusion
Thirty-Third Report - HMRC perform…
On the basis of a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, we took evidence...
On the basis of a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, we took evidence from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) on its performance in 2021–22.1 HMRC published its annual report and accounts for 2021–22 on 18 July 2022, shortly … Read more
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10 Conclusion
Thirty-Third Report - HMRC perform…
HMRC estimates that total fraud and error across the lifetime of the COVID-support schemes was...
HMRC estimates that total fraud and error across the lifetime of the COVID-support schemes was £4.5 billion, representing 4.6% of the total support provided. This is lower than the estimate HMRC included in its 2020–21 accounts. HMRC has drawn on … Read more
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16 Conclusion
Thirty-Third Report - HMRC perform…
HMRC said that it limits the number of callers that can join the call queue,...
HMRC said that it limits the number of callers that can join the call queue, which can have an impact on its call waiting time measure. Anyone not able to join the call queue is played a “busy message” and … Read more
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18 Conclusion
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The total tax debt owed to HMRC in August 2022 was £46 billion.
The total tax debt owed to HMRC in August 2022 was £46 billion. This is less than at the height of the pandemic in March 2021 but significantly higher than before the pandemic. HMRC told us that while the size … Read more
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Government Response AI assessment · 19 of 10 classified
Accepted 10
Acknowledged 4
Not Addressed 1
Rejected 4
Total 10 recs + 13 conclusions
Correspondence 3 letters
6 Dec 2022 Correspondence from Jim Harra, Chief Executive and First Permanent Secretary, re Thirty-Seventh Report of Session 2021-22: HMRC Performance in 2020–21, dated 30 November 2022
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15 Nov 2022 Correspondence from Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, HM Treasury, re following the Public Accounts Committee session on Thursday 20 October 2022, dated 4 November 2022
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8 Sep 2022 Correspondence from Jim Harra, Chief Executive and First Permanent Secretary, re Public Accounts Committee: Thirty Seventh report of Session 2021-22 Recommendation 8, dated 29 July 2022
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