Coronavirus: Up to £3.5bn in furlough cash stolen or paid in error - HMRC
HMRC's permanent secretary Jim Harra answers questions over video conference with the Public Accounts Committee
HM Revenue and Custom told MPs on the Public Accounts Committee it estimates that 5-10% of furlough cash has been paid out wrongly.The scheme has paid 80% of the wages of workers placed on leave since March, up to a maximum of £2,500 a month. Both HM Treasury and HMRC were ordered to appear in front of MPs to explain how they were intending to reduce the problem."What we have said in our risk assessment is we are not going to set out to try to find employers who have made legitimate mistakes in compiling their claims, because this is obviously something new that everybody had to get to grips with in a very difficult time," said Mr Harra.
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