{"id":48955,"date":"2014-10-20T11:01:10","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T11:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=0aa8b37be9f7465278f84d047b851d2d"},"modified":"2014-10-20T11:01:10","modified_gmt":"2014-10-20T11:01:10","slug":"tax-gap-creeps-up-to-34bn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=48955","title":{"rendered":"Tax gap creeps up to \u00a334bn"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The 2012\/13 tax gap was \u00a334bn, or 6.8% of tax liabilities, according to newly released HMRC figures, which show a small rise on the \u00a333bn (6.6%) in the previous year (revised down from an initial \u00a335bn<\/a><\/strong>).<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tGAP COMPONENTS<\/strong><\/caption>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0<\/td>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t%<\/strong><\/td>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\u00a3bn<\/strong><\/td>\n


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\n\t\t\t\tCriminal attacks<\/td>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t16<\/td>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t5.4<\/td>\n


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\n\t\t\t\tHidden economy<\/td>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t17<\/td>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t5.9<\/td>\n


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\n\t\t\t\tLegal interpretation<\/td>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t13<\/td>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t4.5<\/td>\n


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\n\t\t\t\tEvasion<\/td>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t12<\/td>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t4.1<\/td>\n


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\n\t\t\t\tAvoidance<\/td>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t9<\/td>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t3.1<\/td>\n


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\n\t\t\t\tNon-payment<\/td>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t13<\/td>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t4.4<\/td>\n


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\n\t\t\t\tLack of reasonable care<\/td>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t12<\/td>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t4.2<\/td>\n


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\n\t\t\t\tError<\/td>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t8<\/td>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t2.9<\/td>\n


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The main reason …<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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The 2012\/13 tax gap was £34bn, or 6.8% of tax liabilities, according to newly released HMRC figures, which show a small rise on the £33bn (6.6%) in the previous year (revised down from an initial £35bn<\/a><\/strong>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n\t\tGAP COMPONENTS<\/strong>
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\n\t\t\t\t <\/td>\n\n\t\t\t\t%<\/strong>\n<\/td>\n\n\t\t\t\t£bn<\/strong>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\t\t\t\tCriminal attacks<\/td>\n\n\t\t\t\t16<\/td>\n\n\t\t\t\t5.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\t\t\t\tHidden economy<\/td>\n\n\t\t\t\t17<\/td>\n\n\t\t\t\t5.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\t\t\t\tLegal interpretation<\/td>\n\n\t\t\t\t13<\/td>\n\n\t\t\t\t4.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\t\t\t\tEvasion<\/td>\n\n\t\t\t\t12<\/td>\n\n\t\t\t\t4.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\t\t\t\tAvoidance<\/td>\n\n\t\t\t\t9<\/td>\n\n\t\t\t\t3.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\t\t\t\tNon-payment<\/td>\n\n\t\t\t\t13<\/td>\n\n\t\t\t\t4.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\t\t\t\tLack of reasonable care<\/td>\n\n\t\t\t\t12<\/td>\n\n\t\t\t\t4.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\t\t\t\tError<\/td>\n\n\t\t\t\t8<\/td>\n\n\t\t\t\t2.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The main reason …<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48955"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48955\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}