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759628

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Electronic Government
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 effect on (a) administration processes and (b) tax take of increasing the making tax digital threshold applicable from 2020 to the level of the personal allowance.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	10125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>In the Written Ministerial Statement on 13 July, the Government made clear that only businesses with a turnover above the VAT threshold (currently £85,000) will be mandated to use Making Tax Digital from April 2019, and then only to meet their VAT obligations. The Government also confirmed that Making Tax Digital will not be widened before it has been shown to work well, and then not before April 2020 at the earliest.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 09/10/2017 12:59:32 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

759629

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Electronic Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2017 to Question 9026, on taxation: electronic government, what the eligibility criteria will be to establish which businesses will be entitled to free software in order to meet their income tax obligations as part of the Making Tax Digital pilot phase.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	10115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The eligibility criteria for free software under the Making Tax Digital proposals is set out in Annex C of the document covering the relationship between HMRC and software developers. The document can be found at : <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/making-tax-digital-software-suppliers-terms-of-collaboration/terms-of-collaboration-between-hm-revenue-and-customs-and-software-developers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/making-tax-digital-software-suppliers-terms-of-collaboration/terms-of-collaboration-between-hm-revenue-and-customs-and-software-developers</a></p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 09/10/2017 13:05:12 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

759179

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the current tax gap is attributable to companies with a turnover between £10,000 and £11,500.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	9935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>Due to small sample sizes, it is not possible to estimate a tax gap for companies with a turnover between £10,000 and £11,500.</p><p>The total corporation tax gap was 7.6% in 2014-15, down from 11.4% in 2009-10.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 14/09/2017 13:17:35 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

758063

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Electronic Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, by what date the free software promised by HM Revenue and Customs for smaller companies to comply with Making Tax Digital will be made available.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	9026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>HMRC is working very closely with the software industry to ensure a range of suitable products at a wide variety of price points is made available. Free software will be available for those businesses with the most straightforward affairs who voluntarily choose to use Making Tax Digital to meet their Income Tax obligations as part of the pilot phase.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 11/09/2017 15:56:57 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

757537

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	PAYE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish the post-implementation review of PAYE Real Time Information.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	8609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>HMRC expects to publish the post-implementation review of real time information later this year.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 11/09/2017 15:56:07 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

747563

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Children: Poverty
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 effect of the one per cent public sector pay cap on the levels of child poverty since 2010.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	2608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The government is committed to tackling the root causes of poverty and considers work as the best route out of poverty. At Summer Budget 2015, it was announced that the Government will fund public sector workforces for an average annual pay increase of 1 per cent for the 4 years from 2016-17 onwards. The impact of this pay policy was considered for various groups and, at the time, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) estimated that this policy would protect 200,000 public sector jobs. The Statutory Life Chances indicators on parental worklessness and educational attainment are published annually and track progress on tackling the root causes of poverty.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 06/07/2017 15:31:03 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

517819

registered interest
date	05/05/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	PAYE: Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what advice his Department provides to employers on how to respond when advised by an employee that the Department for Work and Pensions has determined that their universal credit award has been affected by that employer's incorrect PAYE real time information submission.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	36699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and the Department for Work and Pensions continually monitor the quality of Real Time Information. Where a claimant disputes the earnings details used in the Universal Credit calculation, in the first instance the employer will work with the employee to understand the cause of the discrepancy and put it right. If HMRC need to be involved then they will contact the employer to identify the cause of the error and, if appropriate, arrange for the returns to be corrected, as well as working with the employer to ensure errors do not re-occur.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 10/05/2016 15:56:06 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

517372

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	PAYE: Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to alert employers to the potential effect of failure to report PAYE correctly and on time on employee's families with relation to universal credit.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	36586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text Throughout the development of Real Time Information HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) worked closely with employers to highlight the importance of accurate and timely filing for customers, not only from an HMRC perspective but also to ensure accurate awards of Universal Credit. The December 15 Employer Bulletin, issue 57, also alerted employers to the impact that late, missing and incorrect returns can have on Universal Credits. answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 09/05/2016 16:20:58 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

517373

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	PAYE: Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what checks his Department makes on PAYE real time information data before it is forwarded to the Department for Work and Pensions to calculate universal credit.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	36564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>Data validation rules are built in to stop obvious errors at the point of filing. In addition, there are matching rules built within the system to ensure that the information matches to the correct customer. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and the Department for Work and Pensions continually monitor the quality of Real Time Information to understand errors. HMRC uses this information to support customer education and if appropriate develop system enhancements to prevent errors occurring.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 11/05/2016 14:11:31 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

517110

registered interest
date	03/05/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	PAYE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate HM Revenue and Customs has made of the number of PAYE schemes whose balances do not reconcile to within £100 of their liabilities in 2013-14 and each successive financial year.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	36269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs does not keep this data.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 09/05/2016 16:22:23 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms