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855460

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Small Businesses: Taxation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they are taking to make it easier for small businesses to navigate complex and expensive tax procedures; and how they plan to increase awareness of tax relief schemes amongst small businesses.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL6066
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The government is committed to having a tax system that is simple to understand and easy to comply with. Autumn Budget 2017 took a number of practical steps to simplify the tax rules for small businesses including:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>Extending the option of using mileage rates to property businesses; and</p></li><li><p>Ending receipt checking on subsistence costs when employees are reimbursed using benchmark scale rates.</p><p>These measures build on action taken since 2010 including:</p></li><li><p>Establishing the Office of Tax Simplification and then putting it on a permanent, statutory basis so that it can provide independent advice on simplifying the tax system; and</p></li><li><p>Implementing over 200 of the OTS’s recommendations since 2010. This includes simplifying employee benefits and expenses saving employers an estimated £25 million per annum.</p><p> </p><p>The government also takes action where appropriate to raise awareness of reliefs which support small businesses. For example, at Autumn Budget 2017 the Government announced an R&amp;D tax credits awareness campaign directed primarily towards Small and Medium Enterprises.</p></li></ul> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 19/03/2018 14:50:24 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

855497

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Children: Poverty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of HMRC calculations of child poverty in working households; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	130804
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>In the most recent publication “Personal tax credits: Children in low-income families local measure: 2015 snapshot as at 31 August 2015” published on 28 February, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs explained that the introduction of Universal Credit and the High Income Child Benefit charge would have an impact on the publication’s estimates of number of children in low income families, and made an assessment of the impacts.</p><p> </p><p>As a result, HMRC are engaging with users of these statistics to better understand the implications of these impacts so it can develop and assess options for improving these statistics so they continue to meet user needs.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 130805 question first answered 08/03/2018 14:06:31 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

855498

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Children: Poverty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to take steps to improve the accuracy of HMRC estimates of the extent of child poverty.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	130805
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>In the most recent publication “Personal tax credits: Children in low-income families local measure: 2015 snapshot as at 31 August 2015” published on 28 February, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs explained that the introduction of Universal Credit and the High Income Child Benefit charge would have an impact on the publication’s estimates of number of children in low income families, and made an assessment of the impacts.</p><p> </p><p>As a result, HMRC are engaging with users of these statistics to better understand the implications of these impacts so it can develop and assess options for improving these statistics so they continue to meet user needs.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 130804 question first answered 08/03/2018 14:06:31 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

855589

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Employee Benefit Trusts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to regulate employee benefits trusts following the Roadchef Employees Benefit Trust case; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
	uin	130896
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my written answer of 5 July 2017 (UIN 1465).</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 08/03/2018 16:01:40 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

855594

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many penalties related to tax avoidance HMRC has collected in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	130901
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is only available at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 08/03/2018 16:00:49 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

855595

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax avoidance schemes HMRC has closed in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	130902
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The government is committed to tackle avoidance, evasion and non-compliance at all levels and has introduced over 100 measures since 2010 protecting over £175 billion in tax revenues. Where tax avoidance is suspected HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) investigates and challenges those arrangements, through litigation if necessary.</p><p>HMRC wins around 90% of avoidance cases taken to litigation and has protected over £6.8 billion of tax in the last three years, with many more people settling their tax affairs before reaching this stage. The marketplace for tax avoidance has shrunk in the past 4 years seeing the number of new schemes disclosed under the Disclosure of Tax Avoidance Schemes (DOTAS) regime fall by 95% since 2005/06.</p><p>Litigation outcomes and DOTAS disclosures statistics are available on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 08/03/2018 15:59:57 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

855596

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Empty Property: VAT Zero Rating
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received a zero rate of VAT on sales of homes that are empty for more than 10 years in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	130903
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The details that HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) collects from taxpayers on their VAT returns are not specific enough to provide the number of people benefiting from this relief. HMRC does not require this level of detail because it would place a considerable administrative burden on businesses.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 130904 question first answered 08/03/2018 12:06:53 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

855597

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Museums and Galleries: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received from exemption on cultural admission charges in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	130904
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The details that HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) collects from taxpayers on their VAT returns are not specific enough to provide the number of people benefiting from this relief. HMRC does not require this level of detail because it would place a considerable administrative burden on businesses.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 130903 question first answered 08/03/2018 12:06:53 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

855598

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Landfill Tax: Dredging
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received an exemption from landfill tax for dredging waste in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	130905
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>HMRC landfill tax returns do not require taxpayers to specify which relief applies to material that is not subject to tax. It is therefore not possible to establish how many taxpayers benefitted from a particular exemption. HMRC does not require this level of detail because it would place a disproportionate administrative burden on business.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 130907 question first answered 08/03/2018 16:05:35 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

855600

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Landfill Tax: Cemeteries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received an exemption from landfill tax for pet cemeteries in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	130907
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>HMRC landfill tax returns do not require taxpayers to specify which relief applies to material that is not subject to tax. It is therefore not possible to establish how many taxpayers benefitted from a particular exemption. HMRC does not require this level of detail because it would place a disproportionate administrative burden on business.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 130905 question first answered 08/03/2018 16:05:35 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd