Tax Avoidance
Commons · Question 53020 · Tabled 19 May 2025 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 28 May 2025
Question
Asked by Sammy Wilson
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of making the (a) marketing and (b) operation of disguised remuneration schemes a criminal offence.
Answer
Answered by James Murray, 28 May 2025
The promotion or operation of mass marketed tax avoidance schemes is not, in or of itself, a criminal offence, unless the promoter is acting in breach of an HM Revenue and Customs Stop Notice.The Government is committed to tackling tax avoidance and is co...