Written Answers — HM Treasury: Personal Savings (11 Feb 2016)
David Gauke: The Chancellor of the Exchequer keeps all taxes under review.
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Revenue and Customs: Cumbernauld (11 Feb 2016)
David Gauke: HM Revenue and Customs currently has no plans to issue compulsory redundancy notices to staff based at its Cumbernauld office within the next 12 months.
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Overseas Trade (11 Feb 2016)
David Gauke: HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is required to collect trade in goods statistics by EU legislation. This legislation sets out the detail and frequency of the data to be collected and...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Exchange Rates (11 Feb 2016)
David Gauke: Information regarding the purchasing power of the sterling compared with other EU Member States is publically available at the following address:...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Small Businesses: Taxation (11 Feb 2016)
David Gauke: Making Tax Digital will not involve quarterly tax returns. Instead, this is about making life easier for businesses – saving them time and money. These changes are a central part of a...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Revenue and Customs: Redundancy (11 Feb 2016)
David Gauke: Approval to proceed to compulsory redundancy for 152 HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) staff was received from Civil Service Resourcing and the Cabinet Office following consultation with the...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Revenue and Customs (11 Feb 2016)
David Gauke: HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC) Location Programme is the result of an extended period of consultation and deliberation. The Department has taken account of a number of criteria in reaching...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Business: Taxation (11 Feb 2016)
David Gauke: On behalf of the Chancellor and as Minister responsible for tax policy, I met with delegates of the European Parliament’s Special Committee on Tax Rulings when they visited London on 18...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Multinational Companies: Tax Avoidance (12 Feb...
David Gauke: The UK has been at the forefront of international efforts to tackle corporate tax avoidance through the OECD Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project, which was completed in 2015....
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Dividend Tax Credits (12 Feb 2016)
David Gauke: Treasury Ministers and officials have discussions with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Details...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Revenue and Customs: Correspondence (12 Feb 2016)
David Gauke: Such a review has not been carried out recently. However, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) regularly publish general performance reports at Gov.uk. HMRC targets for post are to reply to 80%...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Revenue and Customs: Correspondence (12 Feb 2016)
David Gauke: HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has taken major steps to improve their customer service, including recruiting 3,000 new staff into customer service roles and undertaking their biggest-ever...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Revenue and Customs: Correspondence (12 Feb 2016)
David Gauke: HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not hold this data. However, they regularly publish general performance reports at Gov.uk.
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Revenue and Customs: Cheques (12 Feb 2016)
David Gauke: HM Revenue and Customs contracts the supplier BancTec to process cheques received from customers. Cheques are passed to BancTec on the day they are received, 99% of the cheques received...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Revenue and Customs: Correspondence (12 Feb 2016)
David Gauke: HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not hold this data. However, they regularly publish general performance reports at Gov.uk.
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Revenue and Customs: Debt Collection (12 Feb...
David Gauke: As an integral part of its overall debt policy, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) uses private sector debt collection agencies as additional resource capacity, to extend the reach of its debt...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Minimum Wage (15 Feb 2016)
David Gauke: The Government is determined that everyone who is entitled to the National Minimum Wage (NMW) receives it. Anyone who feels they have been underpaid NMW should contact the Acas helpline on...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Revenue and Customs: Correspondence (15 Feb 2016)
David Gauke: HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC) targets for responding to written correspondence received via post are to reply to 80% within 15 working days and 95% within 40 working days. The volume of...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Welfare Tax Credits (15 Feb 2016)
David Gauke: Up to the end of January 2016, Concentrix have changed around 4800 out of around 419,000 decisions that they have taken since the start of the contract. These changed decisions are often...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Google: Tax Avoidance (15 Feb 2016)
David Gauke: The information to which Ministers have access is the same as that in the public domain. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is responsible for the conduct of tax inquiries. Ministers are not...
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