Taxation
Commons · Question 14446 · Tabled 30 Jun 2026 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 8 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by James Wild
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the HMRC publication entitled Measuring tax gaps 2026 edition: tax gap estimates for 2024 to 2025, what HMRC’s targets are to reduce the tax gap for each year of this Parliament.
Answer
Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 8 Jul 2026
The annual tax gap is a statistical estimate published with a time lag of over a year and subject to significant revision in subsequent updates. Whilst HMRC’s compliance activity helps to reduce the tax gap, it is influenced by a range of other factors ou...