Official Statistics

Quality report: Tax Credits error and fraud statistics

Estimates of error and fraud within Working Tax Credit (WTC) and Child Tax Credit (CTC) have been produced for all years since their introduction in 2003 to 2004.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Published: 31 January 2014
• Last updated: 29 July 2021
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  1. 29 July 2021

     We are updating our quality report for the child and working tax credits error and fraud Official Statistics to provide more detailed methodology and quality information for users. This is part of a wider programme of work by HMRC statistics producers in response to the Office for Statistics Regulation's review of HMRC's statistics.

  2. 31 January 2014

     First published.

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Quality report: child and working tax credits error and fraud statistics

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The estimates are based on the results of HMRC’s Error and Fraud Analytical Programme (EFAP) which involves investigations by compliance officers into the circumstances, as reported at finalisation, in a stratified random sample of tax credit awards.