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Research: Tax Allowances

Commons · Question 41176 · Tabled 25 Mar 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 2 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Nick Timothy

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of (a) fraud and (b) error related to R&D tax relief in each year since 2015.

Answer

Answered by James Murray, 2 Apr 2025

In October 2024, HMRC released operational data in the Approach to Research & Development Tax Reliefs 2023-2024 publication. This includes data from 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 on the number of R&D enquiries, the proportion of claims requiring adjustm...