In our June 2014 report on tax reliefs we concluded that the exchequer departments did not respond promptly to unexpected increases in the costs of reliefs. We found that HMRC took time to react when it noticed a cost increase as it wanted to ensure that its response was appropriate, but that this increased the amount of public money at risk.50 In March 2015 we questioned whether entrepreneurs’ relief was value for money given it was costing £2 billion more than forecast. HMRC told us that the cost variation was due in large part to changes in the scope of the relief. It told us that it had no evidence to suggest that there was systematic abuse of entrepreneurs’ relief and no evidence to suggest that Parliament’s intentions were not being achieved.51