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Tax Avoidance:Written question - 152724 - extensive investigations

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TITLE: Tax Avoidance:Written question - 152724 - extensive investigations
AUTHORITY: HM Revenue and Customs
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STATUS: Response to this request is
long overdue
. By law, under all circumstances,
HM Revenue and Customs
should have responded by now (
details
). The person who made the request can
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requesting an internal review
.
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MESSAGE 1 [outgoing]
HEADER: Chris Sawyer
22 June 2018
Delivered
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Dear HM Revenue and Customs,
With reference to "Tax Avoidance:Written question - 152724" found here
https://www.parliament.uk/business/publi...
Stride's answer says "HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) continues to challenge avoidance schemes that are declared, and carries out extensive investigation work to track down those that are not."
1) Can you please give me information on how many schemes that were not declared have been found by HMRC's extensive investigation work?
2) Please provide a breakdown of how many schemes that were not declared have been found by HMRC's extensive investigation work in each of the years 2000 to 2018.
3) If you cannot provide me with the information I requested in 1) and/or 2) for reasons of time and/or cost, please provide me with the information given to the Treasury to allow them to state HMRC "HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) continues to challenge avoidance schemes that are declared, and carries out extensive investigation work to track down those that are not."
4) Can you tell me which HMRC department estimated that 50,000 individuals will be affected by the 2019 Loan Charge?
Yours faithfully,
Chris Sawyer

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MESSAGE 2 [incoming]
HEADER: foi.team@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk on behalf of FOI Central Team,
        HM Revenue and Customs
22 June 2018
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Our ref: FOI2018/01304
Dear Chris Sawyer,
Freedom of Information Act 2000 Acknowledgement
Thank you for your communication of 22nd June which has been passed to
HMRC's Freedom of Information Team.
We have allocated the above reference which you should quote if you need
to contact us.
The Team will arrange for a reply to be sent to you which will either
comply with HMRC's obligations under Freedom of Information Act or, if we
think it's an enquiry that we don't need to address under the terms of the
Act, let you know why. If it is the latter we will, if possible, pass it
on to a more appropriate part of the Department for answer.
Yours sincerely
HMRC Freedom of Information Act Team