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1020847

registered interest
date	07/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he plans to respond to the House of Lords Economic Affairs Sub-Committee report entitled The Powers of HMRC: Treating Taxpayers Fairly, HC 242.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	200140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government will respond to the sub-Committee’s report in due course and in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 200151 question first answered 12/12/2018 13:57:24 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1020586

registered interest
date	06/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Customs Declaration Services Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Customs Declaration Service will be fully operational by January 2019.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	199789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>Full Customer Declaration Service (CDS) functionality is expected to be in place by the end of March 2019 and a carefully managed customer migration from the Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) system to CDS will continue until all traders have been moved to the new service. HMRC is dual running CHIEF alongside CDS until migration is completed.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 11/12/2018 17:33:19 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1020618

registered interest
date	06/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to advise small and medium-sized businesses on the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on tax regulations.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	199779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>In the unlikely event that we leave the EU without a deal, HM Revenue and Customs has published a ‘Partnership Pack’ to help businesses to prepare for changes at the UK border. The government has also published a technical notice to help businesses prepare for changes to VAT from March 2019 in the event of a ‘no deal’ scenario.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC will ensure that further information will be made available to small and medium sized businesses in due course through established channels.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 11/12/2018 17:35:53 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1020228

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Self-assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent lessons his Department has learned to help increase the proportion of tax returns filed by 31 January 2019 deadline.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	199320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>HMRC continually uses customer insight to improve filing rates. For example, HMRC has used customer insight to deliver personalised messaging, which research has shown to have a statistically significant effect on filing rates.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 10/12/2018 15:15:12 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1019332

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Real Time Information system on the recording of IR35 for employees for tax purposes.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	198383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>HMRC began the phased introduction of Real Time Information (RTI) in 2012. Under RTI, information about tax and other deductions under the PAYE system is transmitted to HMRC by the employer every time an employee is paid.</p><p> </p><p>Since April 2014 all employers have been required to report in real time with 1.9 million schemes covering 48 million employees now reporting through RTI.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC’s analysis of PAYE data, submitted through RTI, for the first 12 months since April 2017 indicates the reform to the off-payroll working rules (often known as IR35) in the public sector has raised an additional £550 million in income tax and NICs in its first year.</p><p> </p><p>RTI is a proven and effective tool for the monitoring of PAYE data including those public sector engagements to which the off-payroll working rules apply.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 06/12/2018 17:15:15 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1019333

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	EU Aid: Ethiopia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations his Department has made at EU level for the EU to agree to the Policy Coherence for Development set out in the Addis Ababa principles.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	198384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>No representations have been made at EU level - however the UK, along with the EU and other members of the G20, announced its support of the Addis Tax Initiative principles in 2016. The G20 recently reaffirmed its commitment to the tax for development agenda at the Summit in Buenos Aires last week.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 06/12/2018 17:13:03 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1017472

registered interest
date	30/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	VAT: Electronic Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have signed to the Making Tax Digital service for VAT.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	197633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>Since the pilot of the Making Tax Digital for VAT service was opened up in mid-October, the number of businesses joining has been growing. Daily take-up during this pilot stage is now more than 60 businesses per day. Businesses will need to join the new service in time to send HMRC their VAT return information before their first deadline after April. For the majority who file quarterly that will be by 7 August 2019 at the earliest. HMRC is continuing to issue letters to all businesses in scope inviting them to join early, so that they can test the service before mandation.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 05/12/2018 17:06:34 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1017474

registered interest
date	30/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Self-assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how may backlog tax returns are waiting to be processed HMRC.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	197635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>As of 2 December there were 45,000 online returns and 163,000 paper returns to be processed, of which 120,000 have been received since the middle of October. This is in line with normal levels. HMRC remain on schedule to process these to advise customers of the tax they need to pay for the 31 January payment date.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 10/12/2018 15:22:10 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1017189

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Inheritance Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the Office of Tax Simplification's November 2018 report on inheritance tax.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	197355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) has split their review of inheritance tax into two reports. The report that was published in November covered administrative issues. The second report will be published in spring, and will cover wider technical and policy issues.</p><p> </p><p>Once the second report is published, the government will respond to the recommendations the OTS has made.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 04/12/2018 17:25:39 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1017346

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Hotels and Tourist Attractions: VAT
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 for the tourism industry of a reduction in VAT on hotels and tourist attractions.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	197455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>The government explored the impact of VAT on the tourism industry in its recent call for evidence, in the context of a focus on Northern Ireland. The government published its response at Budget 2018.</p><p> </p><p>In light of the legal restrictions on VAT devolution and the fiscal implications of reform on a UK wide reform, the government will not be making a change at this time.</p><p> </p><p>This is a complex issue, affecting an important source of revenue for the Exchequer and the government will continue to analyse the evidence and receive representations, in order to keep these issues under close review.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 06/12/2018 17:25:36 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main