Written Answers — Treasury: VAT: Higher Education (17 Sep 2012)
David Gauke: No estimate has yet been made. However, HMRC published a consultation document on this matter on 12 September. The Government will consider the position in the light of responses to the...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Vat (17 Sep 2012)
David Gauke: In 2010-11, there were 839,000 VAT-registered businesses whose turnover was below the VAT threshold.
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Taxation: Rates and Rating (17 Sep 2012)
David Gauke: There is a 10% starting rate tax band for savings which applies to the first £2,710 of savings income. The cost to the Exchequer of introducing a 10% income tax band for other forms of...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Sole Traders (17 Sep 2012)
David Gauke: The information requested is not available in this format. HM Revenue & Customs compliance activity-from policy making, through support and education, to audits and...
View ArticleWritten Ministerial Statements — Treasury: Tax Policy Consultation and Draft...
David Gauke: The Government’s approach to tax policy making places great emphasis on policy consultation and scrutiny of legislation. Over the summer, HM Treasury and HM Revenue and Customs have been...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Vat (18 Sep 2012)
David Gauke: Information on new VAT registrations is available in the VAT Bulletin and Factsheet: https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutybulle tins.aspx The number of new VAT...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Vat (18 Sep 2012)
David Gauke: The issue of businesses operating over the VAT threshold without registering is one that HMRC takes very seriously. HMRC makes use of a range of initiatives to identify and address this...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Taxation: Rates and Rating (18 Sep 2012)
David Gauke: The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced at Budget 2012 that the additional rate of tax on income over £150,0.00 will be 45% from April 2013. (a) The cost of reducing the additional rate...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Taxation (18 Sep 2012)
David Gauke: Representations have been received from users of the wholly artificial tax avoidance scheme affected by section 58 seeking repeal either of section 58 of the Finance Act 2008, or of its...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Minimum Wage (18 Sep 2012)
David Gauke: HMRC does not record the outcome of its minimum wage investigations by government region. The following tables provide these figures nationally. For the period from 1 April 1999 to 31...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Tax Allowances: Health Insurance (19 Oct 2012)
David Gauke: There are currently no plans to introduce a tax deduction for those who take out health insurance.
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals...
David Gauke: The information requested is not available.
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Staff (19 Oct 2012)
David Gauke: I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer the former Economic Secretary to the Treasury, my right hon. Friend the Member for Putney (Justine Greening), gave on 14 September 2011, Official...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Revenue and Customs: Correspondence (19 Oct 2012)
David Gauke: HMRC has a target to deal with 80% of ministerial correspondence within 15 working days of receipt. HMRC have been running a project to improve performance since January 2012. At the time...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Poverty: Children (19 Oct 2012)
David Gauke: The Government publishes its assessment of the distributional impact of policy decisions at fiscal events. In doing so, the Government has taken unprecedented steps to increase...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Minimum Wage: Underpayments (19 Oct 2012)
David Gauke: HMRC is commissioned to provide enforcement services by BIS. While other research bodies may do so, HMRC do not make any formal statistical based assessments of the level of total...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Income Tax: Rates and Rating (19 Oct 2012)
David Gauke: The Exchequer costs of lowering the basic rate of income tax can be approximated from Table 1.6 "Direct effects of illustrative tax changes", available on the HM Revenue and Custom's...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Income Tax: Rates and Rating (19 Oct 2012)
David Gauke: The Exchequer costs of lowering the higher rate of income tax can be approximated from Table 1.6 ‘Direct effects of illustrative tax changes’, available on the HM Revenue and Custom's...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Income Tax: National Insurance Contributions (19...
David Gauke: Since Budget 2011, the Government has engaged extensively with stakeholders to develop options for operational integration of Income Tax and National Insurance Contributions. As many...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: George Anson (19 Oct 2012)
David Gauke: The Upper Tribunal has made an Order for HMRC to recover costs from the taxpayer, not the taxpayer's representatives.
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