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1685599

registered interest
date	29/01/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxis: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to start a consultation on the VAT treatment of private hire vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	11796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government understands that, following the <em>Uber Britannia Ltd v Sefton MBC</em> High Court ruling, the private hire vehicle sector are seeking clarity on the VAT implications of this ruling.</p><p> </p><p>The Government remains committed to consulting on the impacts of this ruling, and will publish a consultation in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 05/02/2024 11:00:36 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1663035

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxis: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the judgment in the case of Uber Britannia Limited v Sefton Borough Council [2023] EWHC 1975 (KB), what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of that judgment on the application of VAT on taxi fares.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	200889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p><strong>The Uber Britannia Limited v Sefton Borough Council [2023] EWHC 1975 judgment does not apply to taxis, it only applies to Private Hire Vehicle Operator (PHVO) services.</strong></p><p><strong>The VAT rules remain unchanged for PHVO fares. Fares have always been subject to VAT when provided by a VAT registered business who is providing those services as principal. The Government is carefully considering the impact this will have on the sector and passengers. </strong></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/10/2023 13:59:11 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1663036

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxis: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of applying a 0% VAT rate for licensed minicab operator journeys.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	200890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>VAT has been designed as a broad-based tax on consumption, and the twenty per cent standard rate applies to many goods and services. VAT at the standard rate has always applied to the provision of licensed minicab services when supplied by VAT registered businesses.</p><p> </p><p>While there are exceptions to the standard rate, these have always been strictly limited by both legal and fiscal considerations.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/10/2023 13:05:28 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1663037

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxis: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the application of VAT to taxis and licensed minicabs journeys on minicab businesses operating in remote areas.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	200891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text The VAT rules for mini cab services and taxis remain unchanged. Fares have always been subject to VAT when provided by a VAT registered business who is providing those services as principal. The Government is carefully considering the potential impact the Uber Britannia Limited v Sefton Borough Council (2023) EWHC 1975 case will have on the sector as a whole, including customers that live in remote areas. answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/10/2023 14:24:39 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1663038

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxis: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the application of VAT to taxis and licensed minicab journeys on vulnerable people who need to use taxis and private-hire vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	200892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text The VAT rules for mini cab services and taxis remain unchanged. Fares have always been subject to VAT when provided by a VAT registered business who is providing those services as principal. The Government is carefully considering the potential impact the Uber Britannia Limited v Sefton Borough Council (2023) EWHC 1975 case will have on the sector as a whole, including passengers. answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/10/2023 14:20:14 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1663039

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxis: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies on VAT of the High Court judgment of 28 July 2023 in Uber Britannia Limited v Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	200893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p><strong>This High Court ruling is not a tax case and does not have a direct bearing on any business’s tax position. The VAT rules, which apply to all businesses, have not changed. The Government is carefully considering the implications of the ruling for the sector and passengers. </strong></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/10/2023 14:07:50 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1487982

registered interest
date	11/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Individual Savings Accounts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of raising the £450,000 property value limit for the Lifetime ISA in line with house prices.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	33795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2022 answer text <p>The Lifetime ISA is intended to support younger people saving for their first home or for later life by offering a generous government bonus of 25% on up to £4,000 of savings each year. These funds, including the government bonus, can be used to purchase a first home up to the value of £450,000.</p><p> </p><p>The Government considers that the £450,000 price cap is suitable to support the majority of first-time buyers across the UK, who typically purchase less expensive properties than other buyers, while ensuring sustainable public finances.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent Office for Budget Responsibility forecast stated that bonus payments will have an exchequer cost of £3.7 billion between 2021 and 2027. The price cap ensures that this significant investment of public money is more precisely targeted towards households that may find it more difficult to get onto the property ladder.</p><p> </p><p>First-time buyers who can purchase a home valued over £450,000 are likely to have an income significantly above that of the average household in the UK and are therefore more likely to be able to purchase a first home without the support of this scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to keep all aspects of savings policy under review.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller question first answered 18/07/2022 13:33:13 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1469695

registered interest
date	13/06/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Capital Gains Tax: Self-assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for how long HMRC's website has been unavailable for people reporting and paying Capital Gains Tax as of 13 June 2022; how many paper forms have been dispatched to customers during that period; and on what date he expect that web service to be back online.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	16974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>HMRC’s Capital Gains Tax Digital Service includes the following:</p><p> </p><ul><li>CGT report and pay Capital Gains on UK Property</li><li>No resident CGT short form</li><li>Print and post CG34</li><li>Gform – Apply for a repayment of the non-UK Resident Stamp Duty Land Tax surcharge</li><li>Gform – for the associated register a non-resident company for Corporation Tax</li></ul><p>There are no outages detected in any of these services.</p><p> </p><p>We can confirm there were 92 paper Capital Gains Tax UK Property Disposal returns issued on 13<sup>th</sup> June 2022. As there was no outage their issue was for unrelated reasons.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 21/06/2022 16:42:21 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1423155

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Free School Meals: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Secretary of State for Education on increasing the allowance of Universal Free School Meals from April 2022 in response to the impact of increasing rates of inflation on the cost of food.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	125198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Education spend around £600million per year ensuring around 1.3 million infants enjoy a free, healthy and nutritious meal at lunchtime following the introduction of the Universal Infant Free School Meal policy in 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The per meal rate of £2.34 per child per meal was increased in 2020-21. The funding rate for the 2022-23 will be published with the funding allocations in June.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 24/02/2022 14:41:13 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1363266

registered interest
date	25/10/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Remote Working: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to coronavirus home-working tax relief, for what reason volunteers for charitable organisations that are office holders are treated differently from those volunteers who are not.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	62748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2021 answer text <p>Neither volunteers nor voluntary office holders pay tax on out-of-pocket expenses reimbursed by the organisation, providing the amount reimbursed is no more than the additional expenditure incurred. This includes expenses for additional household costs if they have had to work at home, including if they have had to work at home because of Coronavirus. Tax will be due on any allowances received which exceed expenditure.</p><p> </p><p>Neither voluntary office holders nor volunteers can claim tax relief from HMRC for additional costs related to their volunteering as they have no earnings against which the relief could be set.</p><p> </p><p>Following a legislative change in April 2020, voluntary office holders are classed as employees to ensure that no liability to Income Tax arises in respect of a payment to a person who holds a voluntary office, if the payment is in respect of reasonable expenses incurred when carrying out the duties of that office. This change ensured the tax treatment of their private expenses, such as travel between home and the place the work is done, is comparable to those of volunteers.</p><p> </p><p>Employers can reimburse employees, including voluntary office holders, for homeworking expenses under Section 316A of ITEPA03 which allows exempt payments to be made in a wider set of circumstances, including where there is a voluntary homeworking scheme. However, where volunteers must work at home because of Coronavirus, it is advisable for the volunteer organisation to determine the appropriate rates of reimbursement, ensuring such payments do not give rise to a profit.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 02/11/2021 12:52:15 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner