There were 73,000 tax evasion whistleblowing reports were made online to HMRC in the last year.

This is a 10 percent increase from the 66,000 made in 2018/19.

Accountancy firm UHY Hacker Young suggested a major driver of the rise in whistleblowing reports is the increasing view among the general public that tax evasion is unacceptable behaviour.

Partner Sean Glancy said: “It appears that more people than ever are choosing to report a neighbour, employer or business partner for tax evasion. The financial pressure some people have been under in recent years may have affected whether they are willing to report ...