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1043728

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2019
	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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government's review of the loan charge is planned to (a) seek external evidence about, (b) evaluate all aspects of and (c) be able to recommend any changes to the loan charge.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	210060
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>The government chose to accept New Clause 26 during the passage of the Finance Bill, and will lay a report in line with the requirements of that New Clause no later than 30 March 2019. The report will include a comparison with the time limits for the recovery of lost tax relating to disguised remuneration loans.</p><p> </p><p>The government also consulted extensively on the detail of the charge on disguised remuneration loans after it was announced at Budget 2016.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 210061 question first answered 23/01/2019 14:32:49 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

1043729

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2019
	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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that members of the public can contribute to the review of the 2019 Loan Charge.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	210061
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>The government chose to accept New Clause 26 during the passage of the Finance Bill, and will lay a report in line with the requirements of that New Clause no later than 30 March 2019. The report will include a comparison with the time limits for the recovery of lost tax relating to disguised remuneration loans.</p><p> </p><p>The government also consulted extensively on the detail of the charge on disguised remuneration loans after it was announced at Budget 2016.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 210060 question first answered 23/01/2019 14:32:49 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

1137542

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2019
	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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of disapplying the 2019 Loan Charge to loans made before the Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 received Royal Assent.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	274513
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>An estimate of the cost of amending the loan charge to remove loans made before 2017 is not available. The loan charge was legislated in the Finance (No.2) Act 2017 and is part of a package which was estimated to yield £3.2 billion over five years.</p><p>HMRC have written directly to scheme users identified through their compliance work, IT records and tax return data. This includes individual scheme users, employers and company directors.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, HMRC have actively encouraged DR scheme users to come forward through their regular contact with taxpayers, and seek to increase awareness through their series of Spotlight publications, social media activity, and webinars.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC are not aware of any individuals affected whom they have not yet contacted.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 274514 question first answered 11/07/2019 08:33:19 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

1137543

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2019
	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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people affected by the 2019 Loan Charge that have not been contacted by HMRC.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	274514
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>An estimate of the cost of amending the loan charge to remove loans made before 2017 is not available. The loan charge was legislated in the Finance (No.2) Act 2017 and is part of a package which was estimated to yield £3.2 billion over five years.</p><p>HMRC have written directly to scheme users identified through their compliance work, IT records and tax return data. This includes individual scheme users, employers and company directors.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, HMRC have actively encouraged DR scheme users to come forward through their regular contact with taxpayers, and seek to increase awareness through their series of Spotlight publications, social media activity, and webinars.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC are not aware of any individuals affected whom they have not yet contacted.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 274513 question first answered 11/07/2019 08:33:19 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

1082723

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what provision has been made to ensure that disguised remuneration scheme providers are liable for the tax on fees taken from each individual’s income during that scheme's operation.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	229275
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>This Government is committed to tackling all forms of avoidance. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has a suite of powers to tackle and challenge those who promote or otherwise enable tax avoidance and HMRC is using its powers to challenge major promoters of avoidance schemes, including disguised remuneration (DR) avoidance schemes.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Fees earned by promoters of tax avoidance form part of their business income on which tax has to be paid. Promoters are subject to compliance checks as any other individual or business to ensure they are paying the correct amount of tax due.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2014, HMRC has accelerated its efforts to tackle and challenge avoidance scheme promoters and enablers using both existing and new robust powers given by Parliament. HMRC set up a dedicated team that has been investigating over 100 promoters and others involved in avoidance, including disguised remuneration arrangements, over recent years.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 15/03/2019 13:30:43 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1046136

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2019
	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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people subject to the 2019 Loan Charge were contractors who were contracted to (a) HMRC, (b) a Government Department, (c) a local authority and (d) another public sector body for some or all of the period of the contract the renumeration for which is now subject to the Loan Charge.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
	uin	211081
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The 2019 loan charge is targeted at artificial tax avoidance schemes where earnings were paid via a third party in the form of ‘loans’ which in reality were never repaid, ‘disguised remuneration’ (DR) schemes.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has never endorsed or participated in disguised remuneration tax avoidance schemes. It is possible for contractors to use disguised remuneration without the participation or knowledge of their engager. As a contracting authority, the majority of HMRC’s contracts are via an agency and use the Crown Commercial Service’s framework contracts, or service contracts with contracted suppliers. Any contractor identified in the course of HMRC’s compliance work as using a tax avoidance scheme would be investigated in the same way as any other contractor.</p><p> </p><p>The Government estimates that up to 50,000 individuals will be affected by the 2019 loan charge. The loan charge applies to all users of DR tax avoidance schemes. It does not single out a specific group or industry. Further information on who the charge affects can be found in HMRC’s issue briefing at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-issue-briefing-disguised-remuneration-charge-on-loans" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-issue-briefing-disguised-remuneration-charge-on-loans</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The data requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 28/01/2019 17:37:21 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1092094

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2019
	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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what records HMRC holds on suicides by individuals who are subject to the 2019 loan charge.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	234776
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>When HMRC is notified that an individual has taken their own life, and had contact with the customer at the time, or shortly beforehand, its standard process is to refer the matter to the Independent Office for Police Conduct within 24 hours of the notification.</p><p> </p><p>On Monday 18 March, HMRC was informed that a customer had, very sadly, taken their own life. The department had previously been told that the individual had used disguised remuneration schemes. Out of respect for the family, and given HMRC’s statutory duty of taxpayer confidentiality, it is not in a position to comment further.</p><p> </p><p>Suicide is a complex issue and there is rarely a single cause. It is important to emphasise that it will be for a coroner to determine any cause of death, not HMRC. The department will, of course, co-operate fully with any inquest.</p><p> </p><p>As Sir Jonathan Thompson KCB, HMRC Chief Executive and Permanent Secretary, said in his 13 March 2019 letter to the Loan Charge All Party Parliamentary Group, at that time HMRC was aware of reports but did not possess information that enabled it to identify a named individual.</p><p> </p><p>An impact assessment was published when the measure was announced at Budget 2016. The Government will also publish a report that will set out the rationale for, and impact of, the policy before 30 March 2019.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 234778 question first answered 25/03/2019 17:50:14 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1092101

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2019
	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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC has made an (a) assessment of the risk of suicide and (b) estimate of the number of suicides among people subject to the 2019 Loan Charge; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	234778
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>When HMRC is notified that an individual has taken their own life, and had contact with the customer at the time, or shortly beforehand, its standard process is to refer the matter to the Independent Office for Police Conduct within 24 hours of the notification.</p><p> </p><p>On Monday 18 March, HMRC was informed that a customer had, very sadly, taken their own life. The department had previously been told that the individual had used disguised remuneration schemes. Out of respect for the family, and given HMRC’s statutory duty of taxpayer confidentiality, it is not in a position to comment further.</p><p> </p><p>Suicide is a complex issue and there is rarely a single cause. It is important to emphasise that it will be for a coroner to determine any cause of death, not HMRC. The department will, of course, co-operate fully with any inquest.</p><p> </p><p>As Sir Jonathan Thompson KCB, HMRC Chief Executive and Permanent Secretary, said in his 13 March 2019 letter to the Loan Charge All Party Parliamentary Group, at that time HMRC was aware of reports but did not possess information that enabled it to identify a named individual.</p><p> </p><p>An impact assessment was published when the measure was announced at Budget 2016. The Government will also publish a report that will set out the rationale for, and impact of, the policy before 30 March 2019.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 234776 question first answered 25/03/2019 17:50:14 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1047747

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2019
	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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will take steps to evaluate all aspects of the 2019 Loan Charge and seek external evidence.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	uin	212404
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2019 answer text <p>The government chose to accept New Clause 26 during the passage of the Finance Bill, and will lay a report in line with the requirements of that New Clause no later than 30 March 2019. The report will include a comparison with the time limits for the recovery of lost tax relating to disguised remuneration loans.</p><p> </p><p>The government also consulted extensively on the detail of the charge on disguised remuneration loans after it was announced at Budget 2016.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 01/02/2019 10:01:43 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

1023963

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2018
	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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue has accrued to the public purse from anti-avoidance measures to tackle disguised remuneration since 2011.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	201706
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 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.</p><p> </p><p>The Government introduced legislation in 2011 to target arrangements intended to disguise remuneration, which were forecast to raise £3.8bn. At Budget 2016, the Government announced a package of changes, including the charge on disguised remuneration (DR) loans, which are estimated to raise £3.2 billion for the Exchequer by 2021. Further information can be found in the ‘Disguised remuneration: further update’ policy paper, published on 22 November 2017: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disguised-remuneration-further-update/disguised-remuneration-further-update" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/disguised-remuneration-further-update/disguised-remuneration-further-update</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Since the announcement of the charge on DR loans, HMRC has agreed settlements on disguised remuneration schemes with employers and individuals of over 650 million pounds. More than 90% of this amount was collected from employers, with less than 10% from individuals. If scheme users repay the loan or agree a settlement for the tax that they owe with HMRC, they will not face the charge.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 17/12/2018 16:33:15 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd