- NAO report on Tackling tax evasion in high street and online retail
- HMRC estimates annual cost of tax evasion at £5 billion, most prevalent among small businesses
- Report assesses HMRC’s approach to tax evasion in retail, specific risk areas
- Specific risk areas include contrived business insolvency, VAT evasion by overseas retailers, sales suppression
- HMRC identified overseas retailers evading VAT online as significant risk
- Significant gaps in checks of online retailers noted
- Recommendations focus on developing effective controls to prevent evasion, including closer collaboration between HMRC and Companies House, working with online marketplaces, and tightening controls to prevent tax evasion.
Source: taxscape.deloitte.com
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