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	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Tax Avoidance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people working in the public sector that are subject to the 2019 loan charge; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
	tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
	uin	261176
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>Disguised Remuneration (DR) schemes are contrived arrangements that pay loans in place of ordinary remuneration, with the sole purpose of avoiding income tax and National Insurance contributions. The loans are provided on terms that mean they are not repaid in practice, so they are no different to normal income and are, and always have been, taxable.</p><p> </p><p>The Government estimates that around 50,000 individuals could be affected by the 2019 loan charge. Further information on who the charge affects can be found at page 17 of HM Treasury’s report on time limits and the charge on disguised remuneration loans:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/789160/DR_loan_charge_review_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/789160/DR_loan_charge_review_web.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>This shows, for example, that 65% of the DR user population worked in business services, and only 3% worked in medical or education services.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/06/2019 14:31:34 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

1130342

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Business: Exports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many firms registered under the Registered Exporter system in (a) 2017 and (b) 2018.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	261120
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text 12,161 exporters registered under the Registered Exporter system in 2017. 28 exporters registered under the Registered Exporter system in 2018. answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/06/2019 14:34:03 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1129969

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Taxation: Electronic Government
	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 efficacy of the Making Tax Digital changes that were implemented in April 2019.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	260563
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>There are now over 340,000 businesses in the MTD for VAT service, and over 200,000 VAT returns have been successfully submitted. Businesses need to use the MTD service for their first VAT return period starting on or after 1 April, so for the majority, who file quarterly, their first VAT return through MTD will not be due until 7 August at the earliest.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has published a statement of impacts for the Making Tax Digital for Business programme, which is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/making-tax-digital-changing-the-scope-and-pace-technical-note/making-tax-digital-for-business.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is monitoring the number of sign-ups closely, as well as MTD’s effectiveness.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/06/2019 14:31:19 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1129660

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Advance Pricing Agreements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Advanced Thin Capitalisation Agreements his Department entered into in 2018-2019.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	260107
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>HMRC publishes data regarding Advanced Thin Capitalisation Agreements (ATCAs) on an annual basis. The latest publication which covers data up to 2017-18 is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transfer-pricing-and-diverted-profits-tax-statistics-to-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transfer-pricing-and-diverted-profits-tax-statistics-to-2017-to-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Information for 2018-19 will be published later this year. This will include the number of Advanced Thin Capitalisation Agreements HMRC has entered into during the year. HMRC does not currently centrally record and monitor the number of applications made in the year.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 260108 question first answered 10/06/2019 14:38:08 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1129661

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Advance Pricing Agreements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many applications for Advance Thin Capitalisation Agreements were made in 2017-2018.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	260108
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>HMRC publishes data regarding Advanced Thin Capitalisation Agreements (ATCAs) on an annual basis. The latest publication which covers data up to 2017-18 is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transfer-pricing-and-diverted-profits-tax-statistics-to-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transfer-pricing-and-diverted-profits-tax-statistics-to-2017-to-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Information for 2018-19 will be published later this year. This will include the number of Advanced Thin Capitalisation Agreements HMRC has entered into during the year. HMRC does not currently centrally record and monitor the number of applications made in the year.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 260107 question first answered 10/06/2019 14:38:08 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1129889

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Debt Collection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department engages enforcement agents.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	259979
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>Officers of HMRC act as Enforcement Agents in relation to HMRC debts. HMRC does not make use of private sector enforcement agents.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/06/2019 14:33:59 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1128937

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Utilities: Rural Areas
	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 providing VAT relief on (a) water, (b) electricity and (c) other essential infrastructure connections for off-grid rural communities.
	tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
	tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
	uin	259311
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>HM Treasury keeps all taxes under review.</p><p> </p><p>Existing rules mean that the supply of water to households is zero rated for VAT purposes and where a first-time connection is also provided by the water supplier then it may also be subject to the zero rate of VAT.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, there is relief on domestic energy including a reduced rate for household fuel. Under EU law it is not possible to remove VAT on utilities infrastructure.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/06/2019 14:36:44 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1129082

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Solar Power: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the Government plans to increase VAT on domestic solar panels and batteries from 5 per cent to 20 per cent in Autumn 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	258958
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is currently amending VAT rules regarding the installation of certain energy saving materials in order to comply with a ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union while maintaining as much of the relief as possible. The VAT treatment of the vast majority of solar panel installations is expected to be unaffected by the changes.</p><p> </p><p>Under UK law, battery storage systems have always been subject to VAT at the standard rate of 20%.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/06/2019 14:42:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1129133

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Solar Power: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will keep VAT to five per cent on new solar panel installations.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
	tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
	uin	259470
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>To comply with a ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union, the Government is required to make changes to the reduced rate of VAT for the installation of certain energy saving materials.</p><p> </p><p>The changes have been made to comply with the ruling, whilst maintaining as much of the relief as possible. The VAT treatment of the vast majority of solar panel installations is expected to be unaffected by the changes.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/06/2019 09:34:19 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

1129275

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Multinational Companies: Tax Avoidance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to tackle the use of aggressive artificial tax avoidance schemes by large international businesses.
	tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
	tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
	uin	259105
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>Large businesses are subject to a significant level of scrutiny by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). Approximately half of the UK’s largest businesses are under HMRC investigation at any one time. In 2017-18 HMRC investigations into large businesses secured over £9bn in additional tax revenue. HMRC uses measures such as the Diverted Profit Tax, corporate interest restriction, and other rules to help promote tax compliance.</p><p> </p><p>Tackling multinational tax avoidance is a global issue, which is why the UK continues to lead global efforts through the OECD and G20 to address gaps and mismatches in the international tax system. The UK has also been at the forefront of implementing actions arising as a result of this international effort. This includes introducing rules which prevent multinationals from exploiting differences in how countries tax financial instruments, entities and branches, and introducing rules which prevent multinationals claiming excessive tax deductions for interest expense.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/06/2019 14:28:14 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers