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42365

	answering dept short name
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The number of residential properties in the UK valued at more than £2 million was estimated before Budget 2012 to be around 55,000.</p><p> </p><p>Before Budget 2012, an assessment of the average annual payment required from each property above £2 million in order to raise a net sum of £2 billion per annum was not made.</p><p> </p><p>On 1 July 2013, during Report stage of the Finance Bill, I referred to “a simple calculation arrived at by dividing £2 billion by 55,000 (an internal HMRC estimate of the number of properties valued at over £2 million) to give a ‘mean' average of £36,000.”</p><p> </p><p>A so-called mansion tax would depress stamp duty land tax and inheritance tax yields. The exact impact would be dependent on the rates and bands chosen.</p><p> </p>
	tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

42366

	answering dept short name
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The number of residential properties in the UK valued at more than £2 million was estimated before Budget 2012 to be around 55,000.</p><p> </p><p>Before Budget 2012, an assessment of the average annual payment required from each property above £2 million in order to raise a net sum of £2 billion per annum was not made.</p><p> </p><p>On 1 July 2013, during Report stage of the Finance Bill, I referred to “a simple calculation arrived at by dividing £2 billion by 55,000 (an internal HMRC estimate of the number of properties valued at over £2 million) to give a ‘mean' average of £36,000.”</p><p> </p><p>A so-called mansion tax would depress stamp duty land tax and inheritance tax yields. The exact impact would be dependent on the rates and bands chosen.</p><p> </p>
	tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

42367

	answering dept short name
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The number of residential properties in the UK valued at more than £2 million was estimated before Budget 2012 to be around 55,000.</p><p> </p><p>Before Budget 2012, an assessment of the average annual payment required from each property above £2 million in order to raise a net sum of £2 billion per annum was not made.</p><p> </p><p>On 1 July 2013, during Report stage of the Finance Bill, I referred to “a simple calculation arrived at by dividing £2 billion by 55,000 (an internal HMRC estimate of the number of properties valued at over £2 million) to give a ‘mean' average of £36,000.”</p><p> </p><p>A so-called mansion tax would depress stamp duty land tax and inheritance tax yields. The exact impact would be dependent on the rates and bands chosen.</p><p> </p>
	tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

50111

	answering dept short name	Treasury
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>Since the financial year 2006-2007, the earliest year for which records are held on HMRC accounting systems, HMRC has paid £2,364m to Mapeley STEPS Contractor Limited. This amount includes VAT and utility and other non STEPS costs. Payments to Mapeley are published in Departmental Spending Reports at data.gov.uk</p>
	tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

50112

	answering dept short name	Treasury
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>Since 2010 the Government has introduced wide ranging reforms to tackle aggressive tax avoidance, including the General Anti-Abuse Rule in 2013 and numerous changes to tax law to close individual loopholes. Budget 2014 announced further measures to target the activities of high-risk promoters and to change the economics of avoidance through requiring taxpayers to pay disputed tax in advance up front.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also reinvesting over £1 billion in HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) over this Parliament to increase the level of compliance activity, including tackling aggressive tax avoidance. HMRC brought in £700 million in 2012-13 alone through its work to tackle marketed avoidance schemes. HMRC also litigates cases where necessary and is very successful in doing so, winning around 80% of avoidance cases taxpayers choose to take to court. Many more taxpayers settle before reaching court.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has also been taking a leading role in the work of the G20 and OECD to address base erosion and profit shifting by multinational companies. At the Budget we published a paper which sets out our priorities for the ongoing work with G20 and OECD partners, taking forward the 15 point Action Plan to counter Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS). This includes proposals for new international rules to address cross-border business structures or finance transactions and enhanced disclosure rules to help tackle tax avoidance in an international context.</p><p> </p>
	tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

50324

	answering dept short name	Treasury
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p><strong>The Chancellor of the Exchequer attended a G5 Ministers meeting in Paris on 28 April to discuss further steps on tackling tax evasion and avoidance. At the meeting, the G5 Ministers reiterated their strong support to the OECD-G20 Base Erosion and Profit Shifting project to develop a single set of global rules to tackle aggressive tax planning. The G5 Ministers agreed that transfer pricing is of the utmost importance and that the rules must be adapted to ensure that profit and value creation are aligned. </strong></p>
	tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

50462

	answering dept short name	Treasury
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>Companies are liable to UK corporation tax on gains they make from the disposal of chargeable assets, which includes real property. In relation to a non-resident company, the corporation tax charge is limited to gains on disposals of assets held for the purposes of a trade carried on in the UK through a permanent establishment here.</p><p> </p><p>The question of ownership and taxation of former HMRC properties (now owned by Mapeley STEPS Ltd) is dealt with at paragraph 19 of the Public Accounts Committee Thirty Second report HM Revenue and Customs' estate private finance deal eight years on, which was published on 8 April 2010.</p><p> </p>
	tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

50547

	answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government has not reviewed the efficacy of guidance produced by the independent Electoral Commission.</p><p> </p>
	tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke