Select committee: Public Accounts Committee
Conclusion 10
9th Report - Tax evasion in the retail sector
Published 12 Feb 2025
Addressed to HM Treasury
Public Accounts Committee Tax evasion in the retail sector All items in this report Report on parliament.uk ↗ Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Conclusion (the committee's words)
HMRC does not have a specific strategy for addressing tax evasion.23 In 2019 HMRC set its latest strategy to tackle tax non–compliance, which is built of three strands: promoting compliance through education and support; preventing non–compliance by improving policies and systems; and responding when non–compliance occurs.24 HMRC’s overall compliance strategy covers all forms of non–compliance, which include errors and carelessness as well as more deliberate non–compliance such as evasion, and is primarily tailored around types of taxpayers (such as small, medium– sized or large businesses).25 15 C&AG’s Report, para 1.15 16 Q 34 17 Q 35 18 Q 28 19 Q 53 20 Q 55 21 Companies House strategic intelligence assessment – GOV.UK 22 Q 54 23 C&AG’s Report, para 1.20 24 C&AG’s Report, para 1.21 25 C&AG’s Report, para 1.21 and Figure 2 10
From: Public Accounts Committee, 9th Report - Tax evasion in the retail sector (HC 355), 12 February 2025
Government response
Latest Treasury Minutes progress report to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Ninth Report of Session 2024-26
The government responded to the whole report on 4 June 2026.
Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Ninth report from Session 2024-25
Published 6 May 2025.