Illicit wine market tax revenue losses 2017 statistic

This statistic shows the wine tax gap in the United Kingdom from fiscal year 2010/11 to 2016/17. Over this five year period, the illicit wine market cost the United Kingdom government an estimated 1.2 billion British pounds in lost tax revenue. The peak was in the fiscal year 2011/12, at 250 million.

Tax revenue losses (tax gap) associated with the illicit wine market in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2011/12 to 2016/17 (in million GBP)*

Characteristic	Tax not collected in million GBP
2011/12	250
2012/13	130
2013/14	200
2014/15	200
2015/16	200
2016/17	200

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Release date

June 2018

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2017

Supplementary notes

* The tax gap is the difference between the amount of tax due to the government and the amount actually collected. The taxes associated with alcohol include VAT and duty.
Figures are HMRC mid-point estimates and should be interpreted as an indicator of long-term trends rather than a precise estimate of year-to-year changes. Figures independently rounded to the nearest 10 million British pounds.
This statistic is using original data from the HM Revenue and Customs and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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