HMRC puts 200 billionaires on UK tax crackdown hitlist
Summary
HM Revenue and Customs says it will assign a dedicated compliance manager to each of more than 200 billionaires with a UK tax footprint. The effort aims to address unpaid tax among wealthy taxpayers and is expected to contribute at least £500 million toward the government’s goal of raising £10 billion in additional tax revenue by 2030.Key Facts
- HMRC says its billionaire list covers people required to pay UK tax, whether or not they formally live in the country.
- Each billionaire on the list will be offered voluntary discussions with a dedicated customer compliance manager before filing taxes.
- HMRC says complex affairs spanning taxes, entities and countries can make billionaire tax cases harder to manage.
- The authority plans to use analytics, automated alerts and artificial intelligence to identify risks among wealthy taxpayers.
- HMRC defines wealthy individuals for this monitoring effort as people with income above £200,000 or assets over £2 million in any of the past three years.
- HMRC estimated the wealthy tax gap at £3.6 billion for 2024–25, or 6% of the UK’s total tax gap.
- The authority says its actions will contribute at least £500 million toward a target of £10 billion in additional tax revenue by 2030.
- A parliamentary committee questioned HMRC last year about its understanding of tax compliance among about 1.3 million wealthy taxpayers.
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