Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day]: Income Tax (28 Nov 2012)
David Gauke: I beg to move an amendment, to leave out from “House” to the end of the Question and add: “notes that the previous administration maintained the top rate of income tax at 40 per cent for...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Welfare Tax Credits (29 Nov 2012)
David Gauke: As of October 2012, the total outstanding amount of tax credits overpayments is £4.7 billion. HMRC’s strategy for reducing tax credit overpayments is to continue to focus on getting it...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: VAT: Energy (29 Nov 2012)
David Gauke: I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given on 27 November 2012, Official Report, column 309W, and on 22 October 2012, Official Report, column 623W, to my hon. Friend the Member for...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Tax Avoidance: Self-employed (29 Nov 2012)
David Gauke: HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has not received any representations on the IR35 guidance since it was published in May 2012. Initial indications show a positive improvement in HMRC's...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Tax Avoidance (29 Nov 2012)
David Gauke: HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is not a prosecuting authority. Charging decisions and any subsequent prosecution in HMRC matters are carried out by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) upon...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: State Retirement Pensions (29 Nov 2012)
David Gauke: The forecast that a full basic state pension will be £130 a year higher in 2013-14 than under the previous Government's plans was based on the annual value of a full basic state pension in...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Employee Benefit Trusts (29 Nov 2012)
David Gauke: Information on the number of Save As You Earn (SAYE) participants who contributed the maximum £250 per month under the scheme is not available. However, Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Child Benefit (29 Nov 2012)
David Gauke: The high income child benefit charge applies to individuals with an income above £50,000 where they or their partner receives child benefit. The information requested was provided in...
View ArticleWritten Ministerial Statements — Treasury: Balance of Competences Review...
David Gauke: The Government have today published a call for evidence on the balance of competence between the United Kingdom and the European Union on taxation. Following the Foreign Secretary’s oral...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Tax Allowances (30 Nov 2012)
David Gauke: The Government's commitment to bringing forward a proposal to recognise marriage through the tax and benefit system remains firm. We want to show we value commitment and will consider a...
View ArticleWritten Ministerial Statements — Treasury: HM Revenue and Customs (3 Dec 2012)
David Gauke: The vast majority of people and businesses pay their fair share of tax. However, the Government are fully committed to clamping down on those who avoid or evade paying their tax. The...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Welfare Tax Credits (3 Dec 2012)
David Gauke: The Tax Credit Office identify claimant addresses that are outside of GB and NI. Any correspondence for those addresses is delivered using a dedicated postal service for overseas mail and...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Welfare Tax Credits (3 Dec 2012)
David Gauke: This information is published every year in the HMRC publication “Child and Working Tax Credits Statistics: Finalised Awards”. These publications can be accessed from:...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Revenue and Customs: Correspondence (3 Dec 2012)
David Gauke: HMRC does not hold average response times for letters sent by (a) hon. Members or (b) members of the public. This information could be made available only at disproportionate cost. HMRC...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Paye (3 Dec 2012)
David Gauke: As part of HMRC's spending review 2010 funding settlement, the Department was allocated an additional £124 million to meet the costs of the PAYE Real Time Information project. The...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Paye (3 Dec 2012)
David Gauke: Since the start of the RTI pilot HMRC have matched 6,441,719 hashes received in RTI submissions with hashes from the BACS payment system. HMRC do not hold data on hashes from the BACS...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Paye (3 Dec 2012)
David Gauke: HMRC's strategy for the remaining months of the RTI pilot is to focus on bringing on the largest PAYE schemes (by number of employments). HMRC is also aiming to bring new PAYE schemes...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Minimum Wage (3 Dec 2012)
David Gauke: HMRC categorises claims from workers as complaints and treats information from other sources, including trade unions and internal referrals from HMRC colleagues, such as those carrying out...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Child Benefit (3 Dec 2012)
David Gauke: Our latest view is that the number of staff required to implement the high income child benefit charge will vary over time. For 2012-13 HMRC's current estimate is for 475 full-time...
View ArticleNorthern Ireland Assembly: Oral Answers to Questions: Office of the First...
Martin McGuinness: ...Finance Minister referred to this at the weekend - that the situation in Scotland can either be an advantage or a disadvantage to us, and the person who has to decide which way...
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