HC Deb 26 June 1962 vol 661 c123W
5. Mr. Talbot

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much Income Tax and Surtax were lost in the years ended 5th April, 1960, and 5th April, 1961, by reason of individuals leaving the country to avoid payment; and what was the number of individual cases concerned.

Sir E. Boyle

The total of the Income Tax and Surtax written off as irrecoverable in the accounting years 1959 and 1960 because the taxpayers had gone abroad was £139,190 and £281,106 respectively: of these amounts Surtax accounted for £69,809 and £147,182 respectively. There were in all 683 individual cases in 1959 and 794 in 1960.