§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many taxpayers there were for whom the ground for non-payment of tax in each of the last four years was that they were untraceable. [26236]
§ Dawn PrimaroloThe tables show, for the years 1997 to 2000, the latest year available, the number of cases and amounts involved where tax was classed as irrecoverable because the taxpayer has become untraceable or has moved abroad.
Table 1: Untraceable Income Tax Capital Gains Tax Year £ Cases £ Cases 1997 39,110,709.17 39,906 1,459,842.88 194 1998 29,846,737.49 23,265 1,472,515.64 144 1999 23,557,517.41 16,364 1,695,508.31 99 2000 16,199,976.11 12,365 612,182.11 61
Table 2: Moved abroad Income Tax Capital Gains Tax Year £ Cases £ Cases 1997 7,663,933.70 4,844 580,057.07 111 1998 7,398,148.66 4,238 1,690,326.69 74 1999 6,012,605.04 2,572 351,713.29 47 2000 7,269,203.50 5,558 1,103,379.09 106