Collecting the right tax from wealthy individuals

Public Accounts Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 26 Mar 2025 Closed: 22 Sep 2025 Parliament page
In 2023-24, there were 850,000 wealthy individuals in the UK paying personal taxes. Wealthy taxpayers are defined by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), who have a specific team to look into their tax affairs, as people who, in any of the last three years, have incomes of £200,000 or more, … Read more
12 Recommendations
15 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
3 Letters
1 Event
Activity timeline 7 events
16 Oct
2025
Correspondence
15 Oct
2025
Report published
16 Jul
2025
Report published
7 Jul
2025
Correspondence
12 Jun
2025
Oral evidence
12 Jun
2025
Correspondence
12 Jun
2025
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
12 Jun 2025
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Angela MacDonald · HMRC John-Paul Marks · HMRC Jonathan Athow · HMRC Penny Ciniewicz · HMRC Philippa Madelin · HMRC
Title HC No. Published Items Response
40th Report - Collecting the right tax from wealthy individuals HC 827 16 Jul 2025 27 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
1 result
Clear
2 Recommendation Acknowledged
40th Report - Collecting the right…
Review segmenting wealthy customer groups by wealth and complexity to target most significant tax risks.
Even among the wealthy population there are vast disparities in wealth and circumstance, making it likely that more tax is at risk for the wealthiest taxpayers. The population of wealthy taxpayers that HMRC’s wealthy team administers is getting bigger, up … Read more
Government Response
The government agrees with the recommendation and states that progress will be set out in its response, noting it is closely linked to recommendation 6b. No specific actions for this recommendation are detailed.
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Government Response AI assessment · 17 of 12 classified
Accepted 16
Acknowledged 1
Total 12 recs + 15 conclusions
Correspondence 3 letters
16 Oct 2025 To committee Letter from the Chief Executive and First Permanent Secretary of HM Revenue & Customs relating to the Committee’s Fortieth Report of Session 2024–25: Collecting the right tax from wealthy individuals, 22 September 2025
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7 Jul 2025 To committee Letter from the Chief Executive and First Permanent Secretary of HM Revenue and Customs relating to the oral evidence session held on 12 June 2025 on Collecting the right tax from wealthy individuals, 26 June 2025
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12 Jun 2025 To committee Letter from the Chief Executive and First Permanent Secretary of HM Revenue and Customs relating to Unauthorised Access to HMRC Online Tax Accounts, 10 June 2025
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