The government's spending watchdog says the one in three of Britain’s richest is under investigation by HM Revenue & Customs over £2bn of unpaid tax. The National Audit Office reports the inquiries concern avoidance and legs interpretation of complicated tax issues, rather tax avoidance.
A specialist unit set up to look into taxes the super rich paid managed to get £416m of tax in 2015-16, an increase from the £200m they got in 2011-12. The unit looked at tax affairs of 6,500 super rich with assets over £20m.
