Claim: Tax evasion and tax avoidance costs the government £34 billion a year.
Fact-check: Tax: evasion and avoidance in the UK - Full Fact
Verdict: this is wrong, according to the estimates it's using. hmrc estimates that £2.7 billion was lost through tax avoidance and £4.4 billion through tax evasion in 2013/14. £34 billion is the total value of tax that goes uncollected.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Unknown
Date published: 2016-10-07T00:00:00