Categories: tax gap

  • Tax Gap 2024-25 estimated at 6.4%

    The tax gap estimate – the difference between what UK tax is expected to be paid and was actually paid – was 6.4% for the 2024 to 2025 tax year, provisional figures published today (23 June 2026) show.

    Graphic showing HMRC’s estimate of the UK tax gap at 6.4%, equivalent to £59.2 billion of total tax due, alongside a stylised

  • HMRC announces finalists in competition to help close the tax gap

    HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has announced two finalists of a competition to help close the tax gap, bringing together expertise from across the UK’s private sector to harness innovative, data-driven solutions to identify deliberate tax evasion.

    Picture of finalists in competition to help close the tax gap standing outside 10 Downing Street

  • Tax gap holds steady at 4.8%

    The amount of unpaid UK tax has remained at an all-time low of 4.8%, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) revealed today (22 June).

  • Tax gap remains steady at 5.1%

    Statistics published today (23 June) by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) reveal the estimated tax gap for the 2020 to 2021 tax year is 5.1% – the second lowest recorded percentage – and is unchanged from the previous year.

  • Tax gap remains low at 5.3%

    The tax gap for the 2019/20 tax year has remained low at 5.3% statistics published today by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have revealed.

  • Tax Gap remains low

    The Tax Gap for 2017/2018 is 5.6%, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) confirmed today.

  • HMRC’s achievements

    HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has had a very successful year with record-breaking and sustained results through 2015 by increasing revenues, reducing costs and improving customer service.

  • UK tax gap falls to 6.4 per cent

    The tax gap for 2013-14 was 6.4 per cent of tax due, continuing a long-term downward trend, reflecting that HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC) approach is delivering steady and sustained progress.

  • HMRC publishes 2012-13 tax gap

    The tax gap, which is the difference between the amount of tax due and the amount collected, was 6.8% of tax liabilities, or £34 billion, in 2012-13.

  • 2011-12 tax gap figures published

    Figures released by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) today estimate the tax gap for 2011-12 at 7 per cent (£35 billion) of tax due, continuing a long-term downward trend.

  • 2010/11 tax gap figures published

    Figures released by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) today estimate the tax gap for 2010/11 at £32 billion, or 6.7 per cent of tax due, compared to 7.1 per cent in 2009/10.

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