With over £129bn being paid to businesses and individuals through Covid grants and allowances through the pandemic, HMRC are estimating that £5.8bn was claimed in error or fraudulently.
Given this, HMRC has been and continues to scrutinise and investigate Covid support scheme pay-outs.
A taskforce was set up in March 2021 with the aim of recovering funds from claims made deceitfully or due to mistakes or misunderstandings.
£536m was recovered during the period 20-21 and a further £1bn is expected to be recovered through to 2023.
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