Written Answers — HM Treasury: Revenue and Customs: Staff (25 Feb 2016)
David Gauke: The information requested for points (a), (b) and (c) is not available. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not have a central register of all internal and external meetings. Moreover, the...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Solar Power: VAT (26 Feb 2016)
David Gauke: The Government has recently consulted on this matter, the results of which will be announced shortly.
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Tax Avoidance: Self-employed (26 Feb 2016)
David Gauke: HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) opened 216 interventions under IR35 in the year 2013/14 and 199 in the year 2014/15. HMRC has increased the number of IR35 inquiries in recent years and has...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (26 Feb 2016)
David Gauke: HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not currently publish information on the number of Seed Enterprise Investment Schemes applications received and accepted. Official statistics on the...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Investment Income: Taxation (26 Feb 2016)
David Gauke: The HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) policy paper “Income Tax: changes to dividend taxation” sets out the estimated impacts of the reforms to dividend taxation announced in Summer Budget...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Fringe Benefits: Tax Allowances (26 Feb 2016)
David Gauke: I refer the honourable gentleman to the Tax Information and Impact Note published at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/income-tax-employ...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Taxation: Self-assessment (26 Feb 2016)
David Gauke: I refer the Honourable Member to my answer of 1st February 2016, Written Question No. 23775. http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-quest...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Tax Evasion (26 Feb 2016)
David Gauke: The information is not held in the format requested. To provide the answers would incur disproportionate cost since the prosecution and conviction data has been captured centrally in...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Taxation (26 Feb 2016)
David Gauke: HM Revenue and Customs publishes data on income tax liabilities which includes tax on savings: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-tax-liabilit ies-by-taxpayers-marginal-rate...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: EU Budget: Contributions (29 Feb 2016)
David Gauke: The Office for Budget Responsibility does not provide a forecast for net UK contributions to EU budgets, and does not take into account receipts directly received by the private sector.
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Welfare Tax Credits (29 Feb 2016)
David Gauke: As at 21 February 2016 Concentrix had closed around 440,000 cases. Around 390,000 of these resulted in no amendment to the award. Around 50,000 awards have been amended, though HM Revenue...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Welfare Tax Credits (29 Feb 2016)
David Gauke: HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) retains records of tax credit claims for the tax year of the claim plus five years. The length of time HMRC is required to retain other tax credit records is...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Minimum Wage (29 Feb 2016)
David Gauke: The Government takes the enforcement of National Minimum Wage very seriously. Any worker who believes that they are being paid below the minimum wage should make a complaint to the Acas...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Multinational Companies: Taxation (29 Feb 2016)
David Gauke: Along with most major economies in the world, the UK has a territorial tax system that charges corporation tax on profits earned from economic activity carried out here. The UK cannot tax...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services (29...
David Gauke: Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Details of...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Multinational Companies: Taxation (29 Feb 2016)
David Gauke: The Diverted Profits Tax is designed to counter contrived tax arrangements used by some multinationals to shift their profits to other countries. It is deliberately set at a higher rate...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Tax Avoidance (29 Feb 2016)
David Gauke: The Diverted Profits Tax is designed to counter contrived tax arrangements used by some multinationals to shift their profits to other countries. It is deliberately set at a higher rate...
View ArticleReferendums (29 Feb 2016)
...number 201 See full list of votes (From The Public Whip)Aye Diane Abbott Debbie Abrahams Nigel Adams Adam Afriyie Peter Aldous Heidi Alexander Rushanara Ali Lucy Allan Graham Allen Heidi Allen David...
View ArticleUK Steel Industry (29 Feb 2016)
Division number 202 See full list of votes (From The Public Whip)Aye Diane Abbott Debbie Abrahams Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh Heidi Alexander Rushanara Ali Graham Allen David Anderson Richard Arkless Ian...
View ArticleWritten Answers — HM Treasury: Tax Evasion: Prosecutions (1 Mar 2016)
David Gauke: At Summer Budget 2015, the Government announced an investment of £800 million to tackle non‑compliance and tax evasion. This investment includes £266 million and 670 new HMRC staff to...
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