Illicit diesel market tax revenue losses 2018/19

Data on the diesel tax gap in Great Britain from fiscal year 2011/12 to 2018/19 shows that in the most recent period, the illicit diesel market cost the British government an estimated 140 million British pounds in lost tax revenue.

Tax revenue losses (tax gap) due to the illicit diesel market in Great Britain from 2011/12 to 2018/2019 (in million GBP)

Characteristic	Tax not collected in million GBP
2018/19	140
2017/18	140
2016/17**	140
2015/16	50
2014/15	50
2013/14	50
2012/13	50
2011/12	150

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Release date

July 2020

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United Kingdom (Great Britain)

Survey time period

2018-2019

Supplementary notes

* The tax gap is the difference between the amount of tax due to the government and the amount actually collected. The taxes associated with diesel include VAT and duty.
Figures are HMRC mid-point estimates and should be interpreted as an indicator of long-term trends rather than a precise estimate of year-to-year changes. Figures are independently rounded to the nearest 50 million British pounds.

**The source adds the following information: 'A new methodology has been introduced to estimate the GB diesel tax gap for 2016-17,meaning that the figures for 2016-17 are not directly comparable to previous years. Moredetails on the methodology used are given in the ‘Methodological annex’. (On pages 36-37)
This statistic is using original data from the HM Revenue and Customs and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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