Claim: HMRC employs just 522 staff to tackle tens of billions of tax evasion by the super-rich.
Fact-check: Do benefit fraud investigators outnumber super-rich tax inspectors 8:1? - Full Fact
Verdict: it employed around 500 staff in march 2017 to work with taxpayers with assets over £10m, and another 500 staff to investigate the tax affairs of taxpayers with assets over £1 million, or an income over £150,000 a year. in 2016, they were estimated to account for around £2bn in lost tax revenue.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joël Reland
Date published: 2018-07-09T00:00:00