United Kingdom-London: HMRC Competition to Identify Deliberate Evasion and Help Close the Tax Gap
Details
| Contract Title: | United Kingdom-London: HMRC Competition to Identify Deliberate Evasion and Help Close the Tax Gap |
| Published Date: | Jul 24, 2025 |
| Notice Type: | Notice (PriorInformationNotice) |
| Value Banding: | High Value |
| Delivery Point: | United Kingdom |
Description:
Closing the tax gap is a key strategic priority for HMRC. In the 2023 to 2024 tax year, the tax gap is estimated to be 5.3% of total theoretical tax liabilities, or £46.8 billion in absolute terms. This is driven by a range of customer behaviours from simple error to deliberate evasion. Identifying deliberate evasion is inherently difficult across a very large population of customers. By its nature the intent of deliberate evasion is to hide and deceive. This can lead to risk targeting and respo...