Error and fraud statistics are based on the Error and Fraud Analytical Programme - an annual statistical enquiry run by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) designed to measure levels of error and fraud in finalised tax credit awards.
A revised set of estimates are produced the following year, alongside the next years report, and if the central estimate for the error and fraud favouring the claimant has changed by more then 0.2 percentage points then a revised publication will be published.
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Error and fraud statistics are based on the Error and Fraud Analytical Programme - an annual statistical enquiry run by HMRC designed to measure levels of error and fraud in finalised tax credit awards.
Further details of HMRC's measures to tackle error and fraud were published in the documents:
Reducing error and fraud in tax credits (PDF 77K)
Child and Working Tax Credits error and fraud statistics 2010-11 (PDF 163K)
Each set of error and fraud statistics are based on the results of the Error and Fraud Analytical Programme as at the May a year after the end of the tax year that the awards relate to, even at this point occasionally not all cases have been completed.
A revised set of estimates are produced the following year, alongside the next years report, and if the central estimate for the error and fraud favouring the claimant has changed by more then 0.2 percentage points then a revised publication will be published.
Quality Report: Tax Credits Error and Fraud Statistics (PDF 50K)
You can find all tables for previous years on the National Archives website.
