HMRC's annual report and accounts 2021-22

19 July 2022

HMRC has released a corporate report detailing the financial year 2021-22 and how it has performed against their strategic objectives.

Some key facts and figures highlighted:

  • £731.1 billion in total tax revenue
  • £30.8 billion tax generated through tackling avoidance, evasion and other non-compliant activity
  • Every £1 in tax revenue costs HMRC 0.5p to collect
  • 1.7 million businesses using Making Tax Digital for VAT
  • More than £98 billion paid out in COVID-19 support
  • 215 prosecutions of “tax cheats”
  • Reduction in the debt balance from £57.5 billion in 2020-21 to £41.6 billion in 2021-22
  • Customer service levels returning to pre-pandemic levels after staffing resource re-assigned 
     

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