PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Tax Avoidance: Sports and Entertainments (17 July 2017)

Question Asked

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the HM Revenue and Customs dedicated team on tax avoidance in sports and the entertainment industries raised in (a) 2017, (b) 2016 and (c) 2015.

Asked by:
Peter Dowd (Labour)

Answer

HMRC does not have a dedicated team dealing with tax avoidance in the sports and entertainment industries. HMRC has a project looking at all compliance risks in football to ensure that Football Clubs, players, managers and agents pay the correct amount of tax. Since 2014/15 HMRC has brought in over £260m from tackling non-compliance in the football industry.


Answered by:
Mel Stride (Conservative)
20 July 2017

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