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Mind the gap
Key points
- The tax gap for 2020-21 was 5.1% (when tracking first began in 2005-06 the gap was 7.5%).
- Almost 95% of tax was paid during the first pandemic year.
- The figures published in this report remain HMRC’s best estimates but could be subject to revisions in future years.
- The statistics can help identify areas of work for HMRC and allows the department to track its progress over time.
Every year HMRC publishes updated tax gap estimates – the difference between the total tax that should be paid and the amount of tax actually paid – and we are the only tax authority in the world that measures and publishes it in such a comprehensive way.
Let’s talk numbers
The tax gap for 2020-21 is 5.1% the same as last year and much lower than when HMRC first began tracking the data back in 2005-06 when the gap...
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