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Only 2% of wealthy individuals are assigned CCMs, highlighting need for risk model review.

Conclusion
Customer Compliance Managers (CCMs) within the wealthy team provide a single point of contact for the taxpayer and their agent and develop an in-depth understanding of a wealthy individual’s financial affairs to identify risks and support the taxpayer to be compliant. The wealthy team has around 100 CCMs in post and, as at February 2025, had assigned a CCM to around 15,000 taxpayers it perceived to have the highest levels of complexity or opportunity for non-compliance (2% of wealthy individuals).19 HMRC told us that it deploys its CCMs according to those who pose the greatest risk and says they typically end up working on cases relating to individuals with wealth above £10 million. But HMRC acknowledged it may need to make changes to its risk model as part of improving its data and risking.20
Government Response Summary
HMRC commits to ensuring all identified billionaires with a UK tax footprint have an allocated Customer Compliance Manager (CCM), with new allocations by summer 2026, and will provide assurance of completion by autumn 2026.
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government Accepted
3.3 HMRC will continue to enhance its understanding of billionaires with a UK tax footprint. HMRC will provide the Committee with assurance that all billionaires with a UK tax footprint that are identified as part of the department’s annual refresh of the wealthy population have an allocated Customer Compliance Manager (CCM). CCMs are senior tax professionals who provide extra scrutiny of individuals who have complex tax affairs and support customers to get their tax right first time. This refresh takes place annually and customers who are newly allocated a CCM in the next update will be informed by summer 2026. HMRC will provide assurance to the Committee that this has been completed by autumn 2026.
Addressee Bodies
HM Treasury
Timeline
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Report published 16 Jul 2025