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<p>Please find figures below for the number of HMRC Objections to the dissolution
process actioned by Companies House in each of the financial years requested. Please
note that all HMRC objections received are actioned.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number
of HMRC Objections actioned.</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>109,821</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>90,947</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>59,336</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-2016</p></td><td><p>94,280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-2017</p></td><td><p>107,372</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p>Please note: The information provided forms part of Companies House’s
management information and is unaudited. Therefore, it is subject to change and should
be used for indicative purposes only.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC do not separately estimate
the tax gap due to companies being struck off. However, the HMRC Trust Statement contains
figures for tax written off each year. Around 90% of the amounts written off relate
to insolvencies.</p><p> </p><p>These figures differ from those provided by my right
hon. Friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury in the answer to PQ UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/commons/2018-02-05/126607"
target="_blank">126607</a> for a number of reasons. In particular, timing differences
in the recognition of objections from HMRC, situations where the application to strike
off has been abandoned by the time HMRC’s objection is processed and cases where HMRC
are required to issue multiple objections in respect of the same winding up due the
length of time involved.</p>
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