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In addition, HMRC does not publish any tax gap analysis for different types of industry.
Recommendation
In addition, HMRC does not publish any tax gap analysis for different types of industry. For example, HMRC has not published an estimated tax gap for the construction industry despite introducing the construction industry scheme to deal with high levels of non-compliance. Recommendation: HMRC should include analysis of the tax gaps for each industrial sector in its future publications of the tax gap. In its Treasury Minute response to this report, HMRC should also set out what the benefits and challenges are of doing a similar analysis about the tax gaps in the four nations of the UK.
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 4 February 2021. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document.
Source
Committee
Public Accounts Committee
Inquiry
Tackling the tax gap
Report
Twentieth Report - Tackling the tax gap
16 Oct 2020
HC 650
Addressee Bodies
HM Treasury
Timeline
Recommendation age
5.9 yrs
Report published
16 Oct 2020