Labour MP Imran Hussain claimed only eight cases of tax evasion have been prosecuted in the past two years. But as Mr Hussain has since clarified, this figure relates only to cases of enabling tax evasion.
Only eight cases of tax evasion have been prosecuted in the past two years.False. This figure refers to prosecutions for the enabling of tax evasion. HMRC says around 400 people have been prosecuted for tax evasion in the last two years.
His original post, which has since been deleted, was viewed hundreds of times before being taken down after Full Fact informed Mr Hussain of his error.submitted a Freedom of Information request to His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs , but refers only to prosecutions for the enabling of tax evasion. These are cases in which lawyers, accountants or other financial institutions are charged with assisting their clients in carrying out tax fraud.
However HMRC told Full Fact that in the past two years there have been a total of 399 tax evasion prosecutions, a figure also given in aabout criminal prosecutions for tax offences which was published on 4 January. This total also represents a substantial fall compared with the previous two years, when there were 1,440.
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