Claim: The amount of tax avoided, evaded and uncollected is 360 times higher than the amount lost to benefit fraud.
Fact-check: It's not true that 'lost' tax revenue is 360 times greater than benefit fraud - Full Fact
Verdict: false. the "tax gap"—the estimated difference between the amount of tax that should have theoretically been collected, and the amount actually collected—is far higher than the amount lost by the government to benefit fraud each year, but by nowhere close to a factor of 360.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Hannah Smith
Date published: 2024-02-29T00:00:00