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1691372

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Fraud: Self-assessment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the support offered by HMRC to self-assessment customers who have been victims of scams by people impersonating HMRC.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	15460
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>The HMRC Customer Protection Team is responsible for reporting known cases, requesting removal of suspicious websites, and raising awareness among the general public of how to identify scams and avoid becoming victims of fraud. HMRC’s Fraud Investigation Service (FIS) is responsible for the department’s civil and criminal investigations into the most serious fraud and wrongdoing. FIS ensures that HMRC has an effective approach to tackling the most serious tax evasion and fraud.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC encourages customers to report scams through reporting mechanisms directly to HMRC or through Action Fraud.</p><p> </p><p>The channels through which suspicious activity can be reported to HMRC are:</p><p> </p><p>Suspicious emails – <a href="mailto:phishing@hmrc.gov.uk" target="_blank">phishing@hmrc.gov.uk</a></p><p>Suspicious text – 60599</p><p>Suspicious phone calls – <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/contact/reporting-fraudulent-emails" target="_blank">Report suspicious HMRC emails, text messages and phone calls - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 04/03/2024 15:42:21 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1691379

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Fraud: Self-assessment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of HMRC processes for (a) identifying and (b) tackling fraudulent self-assessment repayment claims.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	15461
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2024 answer text <p>Repayments are a feature of Income Tax Self-Assessment regime and can be generated for many reasons. HMRC continuously monitors its tax repayment systems to prevent criminal attacks on the tax system, fraud; and mitigate the risk of error and non-compliance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 01/03/2024 09:24:29 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1689529

	registered interest
	date	16/02/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2024 to Question 7371 on High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge, when he plans to publish data on Child Benefit claimants in 2021-22.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	14428
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2024 answer text <p>The ‘Child Benefit Statistics: annual release’ will be published on the 17 April 2024. This will contain statistics on the High Income Child Benefit Charge for the tax year 2021 to 2022. This publication has been pre-announced on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/announcements/child-benefit-statistics-annual-release-including-small-area-statistics-2023?cachebust=1706701196" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 22/02/2024 14:08:20 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1689530

	registered interest
	date	16/02/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Child Benefit
	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 administering Child Benefit as a working age benefit via the Department for Work and Pensions.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	14429
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government does not have plans to administer Child Benefit as a working age benefit via the Department for Work and Pensions.</p><p>Administering Child Benefit as a joint claim per household could mean finding out the incomes and relationships of all Child Benefit claimants. This would pose administrative burdens on households, who do not currently need to provide this information to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), and on HMRC.</p><p>As with all Government policy, Child Benefit is kept under regular review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 14430 question first answered 26/02/2024 16:15:57 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1689531

	registered interest
	date	16/02/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Child Benefit
	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 administering Child Benefit as a joint claim per household.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	14430
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government does not have plans to administer Child Benefit as a working age benefit via the Department for Work and Pensions.</p><p>Administering Child Benefit as a joint claim per household could mean finding out the incomes and relationships of all Child Benefit claimants. This would pose administrative burdens on households, who do not currently need to provide this information to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), and on HMRC.</p><p>As with all Government policy, Child Benefit is kept under regular review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 14429 question first answered 26/02/2024 16:15:57 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1685251

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Standards
	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 adequacy of HMRC response times to enquiries from financial representatives.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	11637
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>Financial representatives such as tax agents are encouraged to use HMRC’s free online services wherever possible. Agents can save time by using online services specifically designed to help them manage their client’s tax affairs. Online information and tools are also available, this includes the agent dashboard where agents can check HMRC’s current <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fcheck-hmrcs-current-performance-and-service-levels&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cstan.dsouza%40hmrc.gov.uk%7Cef6007ae1e3b460554d908dc20d4fe2d%7Cac52f73cfd1a4a9a8e7a4a248f3139e1%7C0%7C0%7C638421346376467893%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=pUYsl3ZY3okgg%2FUsaKIwuCtIKXTncyOFAcTmI4rLfqw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">processing times and service levels for post and online requests. </a></p><p>Agents are also directed to use HMRCs webchat for simple enquiries so we can free up our advisers time to help those agents with more complex queries.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC performance data is published on a monthly and quarterly basis and can be found on the GOV.UK Website here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrc-monthly-performance-reports" target="_blank"><em>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrc-monthly-performance-reports</em></a></p><p><em> </em></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrc-quarterly-performance-updates%20https:/www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrc-quarterly-performance-updates" target="_blank"><em>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrc-quarterly-performance-updates</em></a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 01/02/2024 15:51:12 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1678465

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November 2023 to Question 543 on High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of trends in the level of tax revenue received from the High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge since 2020-21.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	7371
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government believes in having a fair taxation system which allows individuals to keep more of what they earn. The Government also needs to manage the public finances in a disciplined and responsible way in order to protect our vital public services. In 2020-2021 (the latest year that data is available), 99.7% of those liable for the High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) paid income tax at the higher rate or above, and 88% of Child Benefit claimants were unaffected by the HICBC. The Government therefore currently considers that maintaining the threshold remains appropriate, but will keep this threshold under review in line with all other tax policy.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 09/01/2024 14:30:28 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1672920

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November 2023 to Question 543 on High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge, how many families were impacted by the High Income Child Benefit Charge in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20 and (c) 2020-21.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	3634
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2023 answer text <p>The High Income Child Benefit Charge is currently deemed to be the best mechanism to target Child Benefit expenditure. The present arrangements mean that the Government supports the majority of families, whilst helping to ensure the fiscal position remains sustainable.</p><p> </p><p>The Adjusted Net Income (ANI) threshold for HICBC affects taxpayers who are generally on comparatively high incomes, and most families are unaffected. Raising the threshold would come at a significant cost to the Government at a time when support is needed for vital public services and to support the most vulnerable.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC publishes statistics on the number of Child Benefit claimants, including the number impacted by HICBC. These can be accessed at the link here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-benefit-statistics-annual-release-august-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-benefit-statistics-annual-release-august-2022</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 3635 question first answered 30/11/2023 13:49:55 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1672921

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the income thresholds for payment of the High Income Child Benefit Charge.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	3635
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2023 answer text <p>The High Income Child Benefit Charge is currently deemed to be the best mechanism to target Child Benefit expenditure. The present arrangements mean that the Government supports the majority of families, whilst helping to ensure the fiscal position remains sustainable.</p><p> </p><p>The Adjusted Net Income (ANI) threshold for HICBC affects taxpayers who are generally on comparatively high incomes, and most families are unaffected. Raising the threshold would come at a significant cost to the Government at a time when support is needed for vital public services and to support the most vulnerable.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC publishes statistics on the number of Child Benefit claimants, including the number impacted by HICBC. These can be accessed at the link here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-benefit-statistics-annual-release-august-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-benefit-statistics-annual-release-august-2022</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston grouped question UIN 3634 question first answered 30/11/2023 13:49:55 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1669973

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2023
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Taxation: Rebates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has plans to tackle third party websites which charge excessive fees for helping taxpayers reclaim tax rebates.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	1937
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>The government is committed to maintaining trust in the tax system and protecting customers. However, the government is aware that some taxpayers face issues and feel misled when using companies that specialise in claiming tax refunds from HMRC. This service is provided at a cost (often on a no-win, no fee commission basis) unlike claiming directly from HMRC which is free of charge.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC consulted last year on measures to ensure individual taxpayers get the information they need to make informed decisions about whether to use a repayment agent - “Raising standards in tax advice: Protecting customers claiming tax repayments”.</p><p> </p><p>The ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/raising-standards-in-tax-advice-protecting-customers-claiming-tax-repayments/outcome/raising-standards-in-tax-advice-protecting-customers-claiming-tax-repayments-summary-of-responses" target="_blank">Summary of Responses and Next Steps’</a> was published on 11 January 2023 which included actions to improve transparency requirements in the HMRC Standard for Agents and undertaking further work to strengthen the evidence that a claim has been made with a customer’s consent.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC encourages customers to carefully read the repayment agent’s terms and conditions to understand what they are signing up to, the fees they will pay, and the legal agreement they are signing.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 21/11/2023 11:42:37 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day