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date	03/09/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress he has made on tackling tax avoidance in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Lindsay Roy
uin	208142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>This Government is committed to taking strong and robust action to tackle tax avoidance. Since April 2010 the government has made 42 changes to tax law, closing loopholes and introducing major reforms to the UK tax system. These include the introduction of a General Anti-Abuse Rule and strengthening the Disclosure of Tax Avoidance Schemes regime.</p><p> </p><p>Through a tougher monitoring regime for high-risk promoters of tax avoidance schemes, backed up with penalties, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is taking significant action to discourage people from entering into expensive avoidance schemes which, in the majority of cases, don’t work. We legislated for Accelerated Payments in this year’s Finance Act, which will enable HMRC to collect disputed tax upfront, along with the new High Risk Promoters regime.</p><p> </p><p>We have invested £1 billion over this spending review period to tackle tax avoidance and evasion. HMRC have secured over £77bn in compliance yield since the beginning of the parliament; £31 billion of which was from large businesses, and £850m of which was from High Net Worth individuals. Around 80% of the avoidance cases heard in the courts are being won by HMRC, with 30 wins protecting £2.7bn of tax in 2013/14</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 08/09/2014 15:13:22 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1608 label Biography information for Lindsay Roy

90425

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date	03/09/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	VAT: Imports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made on the HMRC review into Simplified Import VAT Accounts.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	207981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) expect to publish a report by 30 September 2014 on Simplified Import VAT Accounts.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 08/09/2014 15:19:54 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

90427

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Fuels: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the fuel discount scheme for rural communities.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	207971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>The current rural fuel rebate scheme is in place for the Scottish Islands and the Isles of Scilly. An evaluation of the scheme by HMRC found it to be effectively meeting the policy objective of reducing the pump prices faced by motorists. The evaluation report can be found at: <a href="http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/research/rural-fuel-duty-relief.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/research/rural-fuel-duty-relief.pdf</a> .</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 08/09/2014 16:23:09 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick