Tax evasion by Rich can be “greater than thought”, the British Audit Office is called

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Tax evasion and wealthy people can be higher than the tax authority, which previously considered the previously, the National Audit Office found a report.

The rich people, which are estimated at $ 19,000 to win and more than £ 19,000, in 2023-24 paid up to £ 119 billion pounds to 119 billion pounds of $ 140,000 per person. Great represented 25 percent of the UK’s personal tax revenues.

However, the complexity of the richest folk work was deliberately warned to determine the taxes of HMRC and not pay the correct amount report Friday.

According to the report, in 2022-23, the difference between the “tax cavity” estimate of the “tax cavity” between the COORT – the amount of tax paid – was £ 1.9 billion.

However, the annual corresponding product of the Wealthy in 2019-20 £ 2023-24 pounds from £ 2023-24 to £ 2023-24.

The figures showed that the HMRC collected more taxes than it was possible before the report.

The Nao report said: “This increases the possibility that there may be inconsistent in inconsistencies between the rich population.”

Despite the increase in the population of wealthy people, the number of criminal prosecution in the presence of the tax and HMRC issued to the rich people in recent years has decreased.

NAO Head Gareth Devies, HMRC received a loan for receiving credit taxpayers to increase additional tax revenue from credit taxpayers.

However, he added: “This may indicate that the incompatibility level is higher than the previously approximate. It should provide more transparency to provide more confidence to provide all the taxpayers fair shareholders.”

The report also said that the wealthy people with the wealthy people around tax evasion and abroad were tax evasion, NAO did not recognize HMRC as a key risk.

Reported that the report was HMRC Public calculation The tax revenues were lost by this route of £ 300 million, in 2011-19, the last year in 2011, did not complete the amount of potential lost tax.

The report in 2019, the UK’s tax residents 849 billion £ 849 billion, “he said.

Meanwhile, the tax management has just opened the “limited strategy” way to avoid taxes and wealthy people.

In the government fall budget The finance provided It was noted for 5,500 HMRC compliance employees in the next five years. However, the tax office is still not a certain plan to have the necessary experienced employees.

Among the few recommendations, the “clear strategic vision and plan” to be rich in HMRC, called to provide a clear inconsistency and “enough transparency to give a lot of confidence to the public.”

Caitlin Boswell, the Tax Justice Forensic Group, a campaign group, the richest people and in fact, noted the growing gap between the tax paid.

“This is due to the fact that there are hidden offshore tax balances used to disassemble the tax authority’s control assets.”

He also accused the problem of use of the tax agents of rich people to exploit the “gaps in the system”.

HMRC, everyone’s legal tax, “Regardless of wealth or status,” he said, he said he owes the right taxation under the law.

Added: “The government allows you to close the tax cavity and bring £ 7.5 billion to £ 7.5 billion for its annual government services.”