Twentieth Report - Tackling the tax gap

Select Committee
Public Accounts Committee HC 650 16 October 2020
Report Status Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations 20 items (6 recs)
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Government Response (AI assessment · 19 of 20 classified)
Accepted 7
Accepted in Part 1
Acknowledged 2
Not Addressed 4
Rejected 5
Government response
Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Twentieth report from Session 2019-21 · published 4 Feb 2021
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During the pandemic, HMRC told us that it had to redeploy its resources from frontline...
Conclusion
During the pandemic, HMRC told us that it had to redeploy its resources from frontline activities, such as collection of tax, to work supporting taxpayers through the COVID support schemes. HMRC expects a reduction on compliance yield in 2020–21 compared … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government states it regularly publishes updates on its changed compliance approach due to COVID-19 and plans to publish a full estimate of error and fraud in COVID-19 support schemes by late 2021, a timeline under review.
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