Question follow-through · 128304
VAT: Tax Evasion
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate her Department has made of the level of loss to public finances of VAT non-compliance by overseas retailers through online marketplaces.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 20 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 22 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 28 Apr 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate her Department has made of the level of loss to public finances of VAT non-compliance by overseas retailers through online marketplaces.
22 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Apr 2026
Answer published
HMRC’s best estimate of VAT losses, for 2021 to 2022, as a result of overseas seller non-compliance occurring through online marketplaces is £150 million per annum as published in the NAO report Tackling tax evasion in high street and online retail - NAO ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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