Tax revenues up for seventh consecutive year.
HMRC collected £574.9bn tax in 2016-17 £38.1bn more than in 2015-16. This is the seventh consecutive year that the department brought in record total tax revenues. Other key points include:
- £28.9bn compliance yield;
- 91.7% taxpayer calls handled against its target of 85%;
- 9.6 million taxpayers submitted their self-assessment tax returns online by 31 January with 1.7 million filing through their personal tax account;
- 987 014 tax credits claimants renewed online using HMRC’s digital service compared with 754 900 in 2015; and
- more than 1 200 apprentices recruited.
Edward Troup HMRC executive chair and permanent secretary said: ‘Our ability to collect the money required to fund the UK’s public services is of course the ultimate yardstick by which we will be measured but the public rightly...