Written Answers — HM Treasury: Tax Evasion (19 Mar 2015)
David Gauke: HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is not a prosecuting authority. Where cases handled by HMRC do proceed to the criminal courts the prosecution is carried out by the relevant independent...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Revenue and Customs (19 Mar 2015)
David Gauke: HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) allocates resources in a flexible manner, so that it meets individual business needs. Information on the structure and organisation of HMRC is available at...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: HSBC (19 Mar 2015)
David Gauke: I refer the Hon. Lady to the answer I gave her on 20 February.
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: HSBC (19 Mar 2015)
David Gauke: The information sought was provided by Edward Troup in oral evidence to the Committee of Public Accounts on 28 October 2013, HC666, from Question 328 onwards. It is a long standing...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Tax Evasion (19 Mar 2015)
David Gauke: HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has a longstanding approach to tax evasion, which is based on collecting the tax and interest due, changing taxpayer behaviour to discourage them from...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Income Tax: Scotland (19 Mar 2015)
David Gauke: HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) published its latest tax gap estimates on 16 October 2014 in 'Measuring Tax Gaps' 2014 edition. Estimates of the UK tax gap for each type of tax are provided...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Corporation Tax (20 Mar 2015)
David Gauke: Where the corporation tax liability of a club or an unincorporated organisation does not exceed £100, and where that club or organisation is run exclusively for the benefit of its members,...
View ArticleWritten Ministerial Statements — HM Treasury: Convergence Programme (23 Mar...
David Gauke: Article 121 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) requires the UK to send an annual Convergence Programme to the European Commission reporting upon its fiscal...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Parking: Fines (23 Mar 2015)
David Gauke: VAT is not due on fines and similar penalties levied in connection with parking.
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Ict: Vat (23 Mar 2015)
David Gauke: A Tax Information and Impact Note was published on 10 December 2013 which included an assessment of the expected impact on small and micro businesses. It is available at...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Energy: Tax Allowances (23 Mar 2015)
David Gauke: The Autumn Statement 2014 announced that all community energy generation undertaken by qualifying organisations will be eligible for Social Investment Tax Relief (SITR) with effect from...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Revenue and Customs: Cardiff (23 Mar 2015)
David Gauke: HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has been discussing a vision of its future to 2020 and beyond with its workforce, through a consultation process called Building our Future. Through this,...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Tax Allowances (23 Mar 2015)
David Gauke: The Government believes that tax reliefs are an important part of the tax system and play a significant role in defining the scope of tax. In particular they can help create a fairer,...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Marriage: Tax Allowances (23 Mar 2015)
David Gauke: The estimated cost and the number of staff that will administer the Marriage Allowance remain as set out in the Tax Information and Impact Note at Budget 2014:...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Personal Income (23 Mar 2015)
David Gauke: The increase in net annual income for a person earning £24,000 gross income between 2010-11 and 2015-16 is £924. This is calculated using the following rates and thresholds which represent...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Pensions: Tax Allowances (23 Mar 2015)
David Gauke: The estimated exchequer cost arising from income tax relief on contributions made to private pensions, and relief on the investment returns to private pensions in 2013-14 was £34.3bn[1]....
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Mortgages: Tax Allowances (23 Mar 2015)
David Gauke: The information is not available. HMRC’s administrative systems do not separately identify mortgage interest payments from other financial costs incurred across all types of property...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Inheritance Tax (23 Mar 2015)
David Gauke: The information requested is currently not available.
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Football: Income Tax (23 Mar 2015)
David Gauke: The information requested is not available.
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Revenue and Customs (23 Mar 2015)
David Gauke: The value of the contract was estimated at between £55m - £75m at contract award. This includes processing mandatory reconsiderations of tax credits claims. Synnex-Concentrix UK Ltd is...
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