Claim: The amount of money lost to tax evasion is 360 times higher than the amount lost to benefit fraud.
Fact-check: Inaccurate comparison of benefit fraud and tax losses recirculates on social media - Full Fact
Verdict: false. although the "tax gap"  is much higher than the amount lost each year to benefit fraud, it's by nowhere near as much as 360 times higher, and the amount estimated to be lost solely to tax evasion is lower than the amount lost to benefit fraud.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Hannah Smith
Date published: 2024-09-26T00:00:00