Lord Lucas – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Lucas on 2015-12-22.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have conducted any test purchases in online markets to provide evidence of the evasion of VAT.

Lord O’Neill of Gatley

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has a range of operational activity in place to tackle evasion and to establish evidence of the scale of the problem. HMRC does not routinely carry out test purchases through online platforms.