Increased HMRC VAT investigations result in £11.4bn of unpaid tax recovered

• HMRC has collected £11.4bn in unpaid tax through increased tax compliance measures.
• The number of VAT investigations by HMRC has increased by 23%.
• Investigations into wealthy individuals and mid-size businesses have increased by 60%.
• The largest sum of unpaid tax came from large business VAT probes.
• Cases opened into individuals and small businesses increased by 22%.
• Cases opened into large businesses increased by 17%.
• The large businesses section of VAT compliance investigations collected an additional £5bn last year.
• VAT makes up roughly 20% of the total tax take.
• Additional resources have been given to HMRC to improve tax collection.

Source: news.sky.com

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