Engelske skattemyndigheder snydes for 160 mia. kr. årligt i selskabsskat

Revisonsundersøgelse har afdækket at den engelske stat årligt går glip af 16 mia. GBP især fra multinationale selskaber. Skattemyndighederne kritiseres for især at gå efter små erhvervsvirksomheder. Gad vide om billedet er det samme herhjemme? Guardian skriver: “Tax fraud is costing the government a “staggering” £16bn every year but HM Revenue & Customs is failing to clamp down on complex tax evasion and organised criminal activity, a report by the government’s independent auditors has found. The new figure, disclosed by HMRC, makes up almost half of the total £34bn “tax gap”, which is the difference between the revenue that should be collected each year and the amount actually received. In a report released on Thursday by the National Audit Office, tax investigators are criticised for focusing their efforts on easy, low-value prosecutions for evading income tax, VAT and tobacco duty. Tax officials should instead be chasing down multinationals involved in evasion and aggressive tax avoidance schemes, critics claim. Margaret Hodge, the chair of the all-party group on responsible taxation, said the report shows that small evaders are still being pursued at the expense of large firms.