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797582

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date	29/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	Whether his Department plans to review the business rates system.
tabling member constituency	Hitchin and Harpenden
tabling member printed	Bim Afolami
uin	116545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>The government undertook the last fundamental review of business rates in 2016 and announced major reforms worth approx. £9bn to businesses by the end of the parliament. At Autumn Budget 2017, the government delivered more support on business rates including businesses’ top priorities to bring forward the switch to CPI indexation, revalue properties more frequently and to address the staircase tax. As a next step, the government is also reviewing the wider taxation of the digital economy. This includes ensuring international corporate tax rules deliver fair results across different businesses and that sellers operating through online marketplaces pay the right amount of VAT.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 05/12/2017 16:00:03 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami

797622

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Scottish Limited Partnerships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to requiring Scottish Limited Partnerships with offshore partners to file tax returns with Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	116585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>HMRC are already able to require a partnership carrying on a trade, profession or business to make a tax return. HMRC would require a partnership (including a Scottish Limited Partnership) to make a return where there is partnership income that is taxable in the UK in the hands of one or more of the partners. A return must include a statement of the amount of income or loss for that period, together with the allocation of the income or loss between the partners, including those overseas.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 05/12/2017 16:03:23 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

797637

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Scottish Limited Partnerships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of (a) money laundered and (b) tax avoided by Scottish Limited Partnerships in each of the last 5 years.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	116600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not available. Information on money laundering can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/655198/National_risk_assessment_of_money_laundering_and_terrorist_financing_2017_pdf_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/655198/National_risk_assessment_of_money_laundering_and_terrorist_financing_2017_pdf_web.pdf</a></p><p>Information on tax gaps can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/655097/HMRC-measuring-tax-gaps-2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/655097/HMRC-measuring-tax-gaps-2017.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 05/12/2017 16:02:33 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

797650

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Appleby: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to check the legality of the tax schemes detailed in the Paradise Papers.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	116613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>HMRC takes all reports of potential tax underpayment seriously, and thoroughly analyse and investigate any information that they receive. Where there is suspected potential tax fraud, HMRC will not hesitate to work with their prosecuting partners to bring cases before the courts.</p><p>Since 2010, HMRC has generated more than £160 billion of additional yield from tackling tax avoidance, evasion and non-compliance.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 05/12/2017 16:04:45 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

797696

registered interest
date	29/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Business Premises: Valuation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2017 to Question 115208 on business premises: valuation, what plans he has to change the amount charged by the Valuation Office Agency to revalue properties for business rates purposes.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	116659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>The Valuation Office Agency does not charge ratepayers for undertaking property valuations and has no plans to do so.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 04/12/2017 16:16:33 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson