Policy paper

Tackling tax avoidance, evasion and other forms of non-compliance

The government is committed to ensuring everyone, whether an individual or a business, pays their fair share of tax.

From:
HM Treasury and HM Revenue & Customs
Published
13 March 2019
This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Documents

Ref: ISBN 978-1-912809-45-5, PU2245

PDF, 1.1 MB, 68 pages

Details

This policy paper sets out the government鈥檚 approach and achievements in tackling tax avoidance, evasion and other forms of non-compliance. It is split into three chapters and outlines HMRC鈥檚 strategy and approach to compliance for different taxpayers, details the government鈥檚 record in addressing areas where risks of non-compliance have been identified and provides a summary of the government鈥檚 record of investment in HMRC and its commitment to further action.

In addition, Annex A lists details of over 100 measures the government has introduced since 2010 to crack down on avoidance, evasion and non-compliance, and Annex B consists of two reports, one reviewing the effectiveness of provisions of Finance Act 2019 relating to tax avoidance, the other providing impact analyses of the same provisions.

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Published 13 March 2019

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