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HMRC admits 71% wrongly targeted in child benefit fraud crackdown

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 13 January 2026

Select committee chair accuses UK tax authority of ‘egregious error’ and of causing parents unnecessary ‘pain’

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Seven in 10 parents who had child benefit suspended in an HMRC fraud crackdown last year were in fact legitimate beneficiaries who had not emigrated, the tax authority has revealed.

The chief executive of HMRC, John-Paul Marks, told the Treasury select committee that 71% of those targeted, higher than the 63% previously admitted , were in error.

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HMRC admits 71% wrongly targeted in child benefit fraud crackdown

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 13 January 2026

Select committee chair accuses UK tax authority of ‘egregious error’ and of causing parents unnecessary ‘pain’

UK politics live – latest updates

Seven in 10 parents who had child benefit suspended in an HMRC fraud crackdown last year were in fact legitimate beneficiaries who had not emigrated, the tax authority has revealed.

The chief executive of HMRC, John-Paul Marks, told the Treasury select committee that 71% of those targeted, higher than the 63% previously admitted , were in error.

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HMRC admits 71% wrongly targeted in child benefit fraud crackdown

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 13 January 2026

Select committee chair accuses UK tax authority of ‘egregious error’ and of causing parents unnecessary ‘pain’

UK politics live – latest updates

Seven in 10 parents who had child benefit suspended in an HMRC fraud crackdown last year were in fact legitimate beneficiaries who had not emigrated, the tax authority has revealed.

The chief executive of HMRC, John-Paul Marks, told the Treasury select committee that 71% of those targeted, higher than the 63% previously admitted , were in error.

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