Written Ministerial Statements — Treasury: Business Rates Administration...
David Gauke: The Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, my hon. Friend the Member for Great Yarmouth (Brandon Lewis), and I have today published the terms of reference for the...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: VAT: Rescue Services (13 Feb 2014)
David Gauke: Officials discuss a variety of VAT issues with the European Commission, as a matter of course for Treasury business. Additional funding is available for mountain rescue teams across the UK...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Taxation: Domicile (13 Feb 2014)
David Gauke: The information is as follows: 1. Within the self-assessment system, there were 116,000 taxpayers recorded as non-domiciled for 2010-11 and 123,000 recorded as non-domiciled for 2011-12....
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: National Insurance Contributions (13 Feb 2014)
David Gauke: The information requested is in the following table. Tax year Primary threshold (annualised) (£) Number with earnings below annualised PT paying NIC (million) 2009-101 5,715 3.31 2010-111...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Individual Savings Accounts (13 Feb 2014)
David Gauke: The numbers of individuals holding ISAs and the average values of funds held broken down geographically is provided in HMRC table 9.12:...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Corporation Tax (13 Feb 2014)
David Gauke: Over the period, fewer companies have been failing to file returns on time, and HMRC has improved the way they identify companies that are asked to file a return so that returns are not...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Taxation: Greyhound Racing (24 Feb 2014)
David Gauke: The information is not available. Tax and duty returns are not broken down to the level of detail required to identify tax revenue from the greyhound industry.
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Taxation (24 Feb 2014)
David Gauke: No estimate has been made of the number of incorrect 2013-14 P800 Tax Calculation notices likely to be issued in July 2014. Last year analysis indicated an accuracy level of over 99% in...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Tax Collection (24 Feb 2014)
David Gauke: HM Revenue & Customs maintains sterling accounts with commercial banks for the receipt of taxation revenues. Payments in foreign currency can be made into these accounts and will be...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Tax Avoidance (24 Feb 2014)
David Gauke: HM Revenue and Customs had the benefit of five secondees from the legal and accountancy profession in developing the general anti-abuse rule (GAAR). They provided very valuable expertise...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Tax Allowances: Pensions (24 Feb 2014)
David Gauke: The effects of the 2012 Budget announcement are set out in HMRC’s tax information and impact note, available at the following address: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2012/tiin-2046.pdf
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Tax Allowances: Pensions (24 Feb 2014)
David Gauke: People with total pension wealth of less than £18,000 can take this as a lump sum under the current rules. Additionally, individuals can also take two personal pension pots and (subject to...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Tax Allowances: Pensions (24 Feb 2014)
David Gauke: The lifetime allowance limits the total value of tax relieved savings that may be accrued by an individual throughout their life. This allowance affects only the wealthiest 2% of pension...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Tax Allowances (24 Feb 2014)
David Gauke: The Government is committed to simplifying the tax system, and abolished a total of 43 reliefs in response to the OTS's two reports on tax reliefs. Information on the reliefs abolished can...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Revenue and Customs (24 Feb 2014)
David Gauke: The number of people taking sickness absence due to both stress and mental and behavioural disorders has fallen since 2011. Comparable data is not available for the earliest two years. The...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Occupational Pensions: Fraud (24 Feb 2014)
David Gauke: A multi-agency group across Government, Project Bloom, was set up in 2012 to tackle the issue of pensions liberation. This group comprises the National Crime Agency, Department for Work...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Non-domestic Rates: Manufacturing Industries (24...
David Gauke: The UK has a diverse tax base. Any assessment of the international competitiveness of UK manufacturing firms would need to take into account the entirety of the UK tax base and the wider...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Non-domestic Rates (24 Feb 2014)
David Gauke: The UK has a diverse tax base. Any assessment of the business environment for small firms would need to take into account the entirety of the tax base and the wider support given to small...
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Non-domestic Rates (24 Feb 2014)
David Gauke: The autumn statement announced a 50% business rates relief for 18 months up to the state aid limits for businesses that move into retail premises that have been empty for a year or more....
View ArticleWritten Answers — Treasury: Non-domestic Rates (24 Feb 2014)
David Gauke: Treasury Ministers and officials receive a wide variety of representations from organisations in both the public and private sectors. Details of ministerial and permanent secretary...
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