It's the Stupid, economy...

[captainlucy]

I read this post from miss_s_b about the relative scale of benefit fraud and tax fraud in the UK, and following on from this one from andrewducker in which the very sensible point is made that most people probably get lost when you start talking about amounts measured in tens of millions, let alone billions of pounds, I thought I would provide a handy visual representation which not only reflects the relative scale of the problem, but also possibly gives people a slight clue as to why the Government (regardless of political alignment) puts so much more effort into addressing benefit fraud when the vast, vast majority of fraud is tax evasion and avoidance.

Benefit Fraud



Tax Evasion



Simples.