Overview
- Multiple UK outlets report that HMRC is preparing a programme that could pay informants up to 30% of recovered taxes in major cases.
- Any formal unveiling is expected on 26 November, with the Treasury declining to comment on pre‑Budget speculation.
- HMRC has consulted US agencies, including the Internal Revenue Service, which has paid $1.3bn to whistleblowers from $7.4bn recovered since 2007.
- The initiative would focus on high‑value fraud and sit alongside existing UK schemes that paid a total of £852,438 last year despite record hotline reports.
- Legal experts, including whistleblower specialists and prosecutors, say monetary rewards would strengthen enforcement and could attract tips from overseas.