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381066

registered interest
date	15/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tourism: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to review the economic case for a reduction in VAT for the hospitality sector.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	2451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government has reviewed the economic case for a reduction in VAT for the hospitality sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Governments position set out in the Westminster Hall debate on 17 March 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 17/06/2015 16:31:47 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

353856

registered interest
date	12/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Working Tax Credit: Overpayments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2015 to Question 574, what assessment he has made of whether the debt collection methods used by Rossendales comply with the standards required by HM Revenue and Customs of its debt collection agencies.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	2339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>The response on 8 June to question 574 relates to all debt collection agencies that work with HM Revenue and Customs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 17/06/2015 16:15:13 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

349910

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Tax: Tax Rates and Bands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy not to reduce the top rate of tax.
tabling member constituency	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
tabling member printed	Gerald Jones
uin	2115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>The Governments priorities are to support low and middle income households through increasing the income tax personal allowance to £12,500 and raising the higher rate threshold to £50,000. This will reduce taxes for over 30 million individuals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 17/06/2015 16:29:24 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4501 label Biography information for Gerald Jones

350005

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with childcare providers on the delivery of tax-free childcare.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	2282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>HMRC and HMT have actively engaged with childcare providers and industry representatives since the scheme was first announced and continue to do so as it moves towards implementation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC has also established an implementation advisory forum to support the delivery of Tax-Free Childcare, on which the childcare sector is well represented.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 17/06/2015 16:37:12 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

350057

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Inheritance Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how he plans to take (a) widows and widowers and (b) other people out of inheritance tax where the family home is the main asset; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	2093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government has commitment to take the family home out of inheritance tax for all but the richest with a new transferable main residence allowance of £175,000 per individual in addition to the inheritance tax nil-rate band, which is currently set at £325,000 for individuals.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This creates an effective £500,000 inheritance tax threshold for individuals in certain circumstances. Any unused main residence allowance or nil-rate band for each individual would be transferred to their surviving spouse or civil partner, which is in line with existing principles and means the effective inheritance tax threshold will rise to £1 million in certain circumstances once the policy is introduced.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 16/06/2015 16:24:48 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

349553

registered interest
date	10/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the use of personal service companies as a means of tax avoidance; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	1914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>This Government is committed to tackling tax avoidance and evasion at all levels to ensure everyone pays the right tax at the right time. Avoidance (and evasion) damage the ability of the tax system to deliver its objectives and impose additional costs on all taxpayers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Personal Service Companies are not in themselves avoidance vehicles and contribute to the flexibility of the UK labour market. However, where people would have been employees if they were providing their services directly IR35 anti-avoidance legislation requires they pay broadly the same tax and National Insurance as other employees. HMRC takes a risk based approach to ensure these rules are complied with.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC has improved the way in which it administers IR35 including strengthening its specialist compliance teams, increasing the number of investigations where IR35 is the main risk tenfold and clarifying the application to officeholders.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 15/06/2015 16:59:51 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

349554

registered interest
date	10/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people paid their income tax via the use of personal service companies in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	1915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>This information is not available, and could only be collected at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 15/06/2015 16:53:07 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

349558

registered interest
date	10/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pensioners: Income Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of pensioners liable for income tax who are not sent tax forms by HM Revenue and Customs; and what steps he is taking to increase the number of pensioners being sent such forms.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	1901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>HMRC estimates there are around 6m pensioners, in receipt of State Pension, who are liable for income tax. Not all will be sent tax forms.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are no plans to increase the number of tax forms sent to any taxpayers, including pensioners.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 15/06/2015 16:51:52 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

349608

registered interest
date	10/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Working Tax Credit: Overpayments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2015 to Question 576, whether HM Revenue and Customs (a) sold working tax credit debt to external debt collection agencies and (b) contracted out the collection of working tax credit debt while retaining ownership.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	1830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs has not sold tax credit debt. It has contracted out collection, but retains ownership.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 15/06/2015 16:56:19 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

349609

registered interest
date	10/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Working Tax Credit: Overpayments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2015 to Question 578, for what reasons a temporary rise in tax credit related debt was forecast to take place before the replacement of tax credits by universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	1831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>Although a number of measures have been introduced to prevent the occurrence of tax credits overpayments - and we will continue to consider further measures - we expect that tax credits related debt will continue to rise as we move towards it being replaced by Universal Credit due to the design of the tax credits system.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The tax credits system is an annual system – all awards and payments are “provisional” until finalised after the end of the year, once income and family circumstances are confirmed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Tax credits are responsive to changes in claimants’ circumstances: overpayments – as well as underpayments – typically occur because people do not report changes promptly. However, due to the annual nature of the tax credits system, with tax credits awards being based on household income for a tax year, overpayments can occur even when the claimant and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) do everything right. Where error and fraud is identified, overpayments are generated.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 17/06/2015 16:23:48 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff