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1126530

registered interest
date	14/05/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Tax Yields
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the amount of tax revenue accrued was from UK small businesses in 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	254129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>Total tax revenue accrued from micro and small sized businesses combined was estimated to be approximately £120 billion in 2016/17. An estimate for 2017/18 will not become available until Autumn 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The estimate given includes Self-Assessment Income Tax and Class 4 National Insurance Contributions (NICs), Corporation Tax, VAT, and Pay As You Earn Income Tax and Class 1 NICs. The definition of micro and small sized businesses used is consistent with the EU definition where possible. HMRC works to collect tax due under UK law from all businesses, regardless of size, in the most cost effective way.</p><p> </p><p>The government has also taken a number of steps which benefit small businesses through the tax system. Since Budget 2016 the government has announced reductions to business rates worth more than £13bn over the next five years. NICs bills are also reduced by up to £3,000 for over one million employers, and the UK is also highly competitive, with the lowest overall corporation tax rate in the G20 at 19%. The rate is legislated to fall further to 17% in 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 22/05/2019 10:54:08 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1122741

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Amazon Web Services: Taxation
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 (a) the revenue of Amazon Web Services in the UK and (b) the tax paid on that revenue in the last financial year.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	246928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>Ministers are not privy to the tax affairs of individual companies and so do not have estimates of the total revenue or tax liability Amazon Web Services generate in the UK. Some of this information may be found Amazon’s published accounts, including those of UK companies that are available at Companies House.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 03/05/2019 07:51:38 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1109349

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business: Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to increase business investment in the UK after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	240505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government continues to work towards leaving the EU with a deal, which will allow us to honour the referendum, while also protecting jobs and our economy. The government is committed to providing the right economic environment for businesses to invest and grow.</p><p> </p><p>Businesses will also benefit from recently announced tax measures such as the introduction of a new allowance for the construction costs of new qualifying non-residential structures and buildings, which will provide billions of pounds of additional relief for UK businesses. The Government has also increased the Annual Investment Allowance from £200,000 to £1 million for two years, significantly increasing the amount of relief businesses receive on qualifying investment in the first year.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, our modern Industrial Strategy sets out a clear plan for how we can boost productivity throughout the UK, including increased public investment in infrastructure and R&amp;D. At Budget 2018 we increased the size of the National Productivity Investment Fund to £37 billion and since 2010 there has been £600 billion of capital investment including in roads, rail, digital and skills.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 12/04/2019 16:39:13 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1109172

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding has been allocated to support small businesses to help with customs requirements after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	239879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>The government is investing £8 million to increase capacity in the customs intermediaries sector, and help support business ahead of the UK leaving the EU. This includes £5 million in grant funding for training and IT improvements which is available to customs intermediaries and traders who complete customs declarations, and £3 million which is being used to increase training provision in this area.</p><p> </p><p>Applications are still being received for the grant scheme, but as of 1 April 2019 378 applications have been submitted. Applications are subject to a review process once submitted, and so far 99 grants have either been offered or have already been paid‎.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 10/04/2019 14:40:45 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1104899

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Productivity: Yorkshire and the Humber
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 improve productivity in Yorkshire and the Humber.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	236297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>People across Yorkshire and the Humber are benefiting from investment that this Government is making to support productivity. There are now 225,000 more people in employment in Yorkshire and the Humber than in 2010 and close to 69,000 more businesses.</p><p> </p><p>For example, at Spring Statement we announced the first allocation of the competitive element of the Transforming Cities Fund. This included over £6.4 million in funding for the Sheffield City Region and the West Yorkshire Combined Authority. In addition, the Government has allocated more than £1.3bn from the Local Growth Fund to support economic activity across Yorkshire and the Humber. We are also continuing to back the Northern Powerhouse. At Budget 2018, we committed to a refresh of our ambitious Northern Powerhouse strategy for this year and we also announced up to £37m development funding to support Northern Powerhouse rail, which will connect cities across the North with faster, more frequent services, boosting regional productivity.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 01/04/2019 14:43:51 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1104900

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to promote the grants available to small businesses in relation to new customs requirements after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	236298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>HMRC’s grant scheme to support customs intermediaries and traders has been promoted through numerous channels including; GOV.UK messaging and guidance, trade and regional media, HMRC social media, email communications to stakeholders, regular articles in established bulletins for agents and employers since December 2018, and inclusion within HMRC’s wider EU Exit communications such as the Partnership Pack.</p><p>Media activity has included an initial media statement in September 2018, followed by a press release in December 2018 and inclusion in a wider regional press release on preparing for EU Exit in February 2019.</p><p>We are also engaging with key industry stakeholders, including associations and representative bodies, through groups such as the Joint Customs Consultative Committee (JCCC) and the Customs Capacity Advisory Group (CCAG). In particular we have worked closely with the CCAG, which includes stakeholders such as the British Chamber of Commerce, British International Freight Association and Federation of Small Businesses, to help cascade the message to businesses.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 02/04/2019 13:24:27 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1081755

registered interest
date	04/03/2019
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 steps HMRC has taken against the promoters of disguised remuneration schemes.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	227951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>This Government is committed to tackling avoidance in all its guises. 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>In recent years, HMRC has been investigating over 100 promoters and others involved in avoidance, including disguised remuneration arrangements. In the last couple of years, HMRC has taken litigation action against 6 scheme promoters for failure to disclose under Disclosure of Tax Avoidance Schemes (DOTAS) with others deciding to disclose to avoid litigation. Further cases will be litigated in the year ahead.</p><p>HMRC has used its powers under the Promoters of Tax Avoidance Schemes (POTAS) legislation to challenge promoters and made three successful complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority about misleading advertising; two of which relate to disguised remuneration schemes.</p><p>HMRC consider criminal investigation and referrals to prosecuting authorities where appropriate. Since the formation of HMRC’s Fraud Investigation Service on 1 April 2016, more than 20 individuals have been convicted for offences relating to arrangements which have been promoted and marketed as tax avoidance schemes, resulting in over 100 years custodial and more than 7 years suspended sentences being ordered. Additional matters are the subject of ongoing enquiries.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 12/03/2019 17:30:16 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1081756

registered interest
date	04/03/2019
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, how many people are subject to the 2019 Loan Charge.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	227952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>The charge on disguised remuneration (DR) loans will apply to outstanding DR loan balances on 5 April 2019. It is targeted at artificial tax avoidance schemes where earnings were paid in the form of non-repayable loans made by a third party. The loans are provided on terms that mean they are not repaid in practice, so they are no different to normal income and are, and always have been, taxable.</p><p> </p><p>The Government estimates that up to 50,000 individuals will be affected by the 2019 loan charge. Information is not held at constituency or regional level.</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) wants to help people put things right and is working hard to help individuals get out of avoidance for good.</p><p>Anybody who wants to settle their tax affairs ahead of the 2019 loan charge or who is worried about being able to pay what they owe should get in touch with HMRC as soon as possible. HMRC have already provided a number of assurances, including that they will never force somebody to sell their main home to pay for their DR debt, or the loan charge.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has also widely publicised a simplification to the process for those who want to settle their use of DR schemes before the loan charge arises on 5 April 2019. DR scheme users who currently have an income of less than £50,000 and are no longer engaging in tax avoidance can agree a payment plan of up to five years without the need to give HMRC detailed information about their income and assets. This arrangement has been extended to seven years for scheme users who have an income of less than £30,000.</p><p> </p><p>Those who consider they need more than five (or seven) years to pay what they owe or who earn £50,000 or more should still come forward and talk to HMRC about payment terms. There are no defined minimum or maximum time periods for payment arrangements but HMRC will ask for more information including details of their income and assets so that they can tailor any payment plan to their individual financial circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Since the announcement of the 2019 loan charge at Budget 2016, HMRC has now agreed settlements on disguised remuneration schemes with employers and individuals totalling over £1 billion. Around 85% of the settlement yield since 2016 is from employers, with less than 15% from individuals.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 227953 227954 question first answered 12/03/2019 17:22:43 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1081757

registered interest
date	04/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are subject to the 2019 Loan Charge in Yorkshire and the Humber.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	227953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>The charge on disguised remuneration (DR) loans will apply to outstanding DR loan balances on 5 April 2019. It is targeted at artificial tax avoidance schemes where earnings were paid in the form of non-repayable loans made by a third party. The loans are provided on terms that mean they are not repaid in practice, so they are no different to normal income and are, and always have been, taxable.</p><p> </p><p>The Government estimates that up to 50,000 individuals will be affected by the 2019 loan charge. Information is not held at constituency or regional level.</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) wants to help people put things right and is working hard to help individuals get out of avoidance for good.</p><p>Anybody who wants to settle their tax affairs ahead of the 2019 loan charge or who is worried about being able to pay what they owe should get in touch with HMRC as soon as possible. HMRC have already provided a number of assurances, including that they will never force somebody to sell their main home to pay for their DR debt, or the loan charge.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has also widely publicised a simplification to the process for those who want to settle their use of DR schemes before the loan charge arises on 5 April 2019. DR scheme users who currently have an income of less than £50,000 and are no longer engaging in tax avoidance can agree a payment plan of up to five years without the need to give HMRC detailed information about their income and assets. This arrangement has been extended to seven years for scheme users who have an income of less than £30,000.</p><p> </p><p>Those who consider they need more than five (or seven) years to pay what they owe or who earn £50,000 or more should still come forward and talk to HMRC about payment terms. There are no defined minimum or maximum time periods for payment arrangements but HMRC will ask for more information including details of their income and assets so that they can tailor any payment plan to their individual financial circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Since the announcement of the 2019 loan charge at Budget 2016, HMRC has now agreed settlements on disguised remuneration schemes with employers and individuals totalling over £1 billion. Around 85% of the settlement yield since 2016 is from employers, with less than 15% from individuals.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 227952 227954 question first answered 12/03/2019 17:22:43 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1081758

registered interest
date	04/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance: Haltemprice and Howden
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are subject to the 2019 Loan Charge in Haltemprice and Howden constituency.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	227954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>The charge on disguised remuneration (DR) loans will apply to outstanding DR loan balances on 5 April 2019. It is targeted at artificial tax avoidance schemes where earnings were paid in the form of non-repayable loans made by a third party. The loans are provided on terms that mean they are not repaid in practice, so they are no different to normal income and are, and always have been, taxable.</p><p> </p><p>The Government estimates that up to 50,000 individuals will be affected by the 2019 loan charge. Information is not held at constituency or regional level.</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) wants to help people put things right and is working hard to help individuals get out of avoidance for good.</p><p>Anybody who wants to settle their tax affairs ahead of the 2019 loan charge or who is worried about being able to pay what they owe should get in touch with HMRC as soon as possible. HMRC have already provided a number of assurances, including that they will never force somebody to sell their main home to pay for their DR debt, or the loan charge.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has also widely publicised a simplification to the process for those who want to settle their use of DR schemes before the loan charge arises on 5 April 2019. DR scheme users who currently have an income of less than £50,000 and are no longer engaging in tax avoidance can agree a payment plan of up to five years without the need to give HMRC detailed information about their income and assets. This arrangement has been extended to seven years for scheme users who have an income of less than £30,000.</p><p> </p><p>Those who consider they need more than five (or seven) years to pay what they owe or who earn £50,000 or more should still come forward and talk to HMRC about payment terms. There are no defined minimum or maximum time periods for payment arrangements but HMRC will ask for more information including details of their income and assets so that they can tailor any payment plan to their individual financial circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Since the announcement of the 2019 loan charge at Budget 2016, HMRC has now agreed settlements on disguised remuneration schemes with employers and individuals totalling over £1 billion. Around 85% of the settlement yield since 2016 is from employers, with less than 15% from individuals.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 227952 227953 question first answered 12/03/2019 17:22:43 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis