HMRC admits it does not track error rates on 1.2m tax demands

Key facts

• HMRC has admitted it does not track how many of its more than 1.2 million tax demands are challenged, according to the report.
• The report accused HMRC of flying blind on the volume of tax demands and the rate at which they are disputed.

HMRC has admitted it does not track how many of its more than 1.2 million tax demands are challenged, according to a report that accused the department of flying blind on the issue. The report said the absence of data leaves HMRC without a measure of how often taxpayers dispute the demands it issues.

The account rests on a single report. HMRC's admission concerns the number of demands in scope and the department's lack of tracking data on challenges to them.