Tax fraud is still high on the Government's agenda - with Sunak confirming that a new HMRC taskforce will be set up to investigate those who abused COVID schemes during the pandemic.
It is clear from today's Budget that investing in HMRC and closing the tax gap is an important part of this Government's strategy for economic recovery.
We’ll also tackle fraud in our Covid schemes, with £100m to set up a new HMRC taskforce of around 1,000 investigators, as well as new measures, and new investment in HMRC, to clamp down on tax avoidance and evasion