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<p>The number of prosecutions for tax avoidance and evasion for each full year since
2010 are as below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Prosecutions (Convictions
+ Acquittals)</p></td><td><p>Convictions</p></td><td><p>Acquittals</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>390</p></td><td><p>336</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>449</p></td><td><p>413</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>576</p></td><td><p>540</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>761</p></td><td><p>716</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>709</p></td><td><p>642</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>880</p></td><td><p>808</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>886</p></td><td><p>807</p></td><td><p>79</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>
</strong></p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not act as a prosecuting
authority. All prosecutions must be authorized by the relevant independent prosecuting
authority, which for England and Wales would be the Crown Prosecution Service; for
Scotland, the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service; and for Northern Ireland,
the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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