Select committee: Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation 18
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 ↗
Recommendation (the committee's words)
In March 2024, the first measures of ECCTA came into force. ECCTA introduces significant changes to the role of Companies House which are intended to improve the reliability of the information on the company register and reduce the risk of false registrations. These measures included new powers to check information for company registrations, remove inaccurate information and share information with other government departments and law enforcement agencies.51 Companies House told us it has taken action using its new powers, so far removing 50,000 office addresses from the register, referring 3,000 companies per week for strike– off, and removing other fraudulent information collectively affecting 63,700 companies.52 48 C&AG’s Report, para 2.8 49 TERS0002 50 Companies House strategic intelligence assessment – GOV.UK 51 C&AG’s Report, para 2.9 52 Q 53 14
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.