HMRC hauls in 'record' £29bn in tax crackdown

Annual report and accounts 2016/17

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has collected an extra £29bn from its crackdown on tax dodgers, according to its 2016/17 annual report.

The taxman gathered a total £574.9bn in 2016/17 - a £38bn increase on the previous year - marking a seventh consecutive year of record total tax revenues for the government department. It reported it had brought more than 500 serious organised criminals to justice over the last six years and handled more than 1,200 cases in courts and tribunals, winning 83% of them and protecting £15bn in tax revenues. HMRC chief executive and permanent secretary Joe Thompson said the extra £29bn from tax dodgers, which the taxman attributed to its work on tackling avoidance, evasion and organised cri...