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registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	PAYE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the need to simplify the PAYE system; and whether the Government plans to take any steps to simplify that system.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	45478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2016 answer text <p>Between now and 2020, the Government’s vision is to build a transparent and accessible UK tax system that is fit for the digital age and reduces the burden on taxpayers. HM Revenue and Customs has embarked on a major transformation programme – Making Tax Digital – to do this.</p><p> </p><p>The successful introduction of PAYE Real Time Information (RTI) represented the biggest change to the UK payroll process since PAYE began in 1944. It provided an important step for the Government towards Making Tax Digital and the creation of digital accounts which will enable taxpayers to see and manage their tax affairs online in real time.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 16/09/2016 09:45:04 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

451185

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Multinational Companies: Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress the Government has made on the implementation of the OECD's Base Erosion and Profit Shifting programme; and what assessment he has made of the effect of that programme on the collection of corporation tax in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	26164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2016 answer text <p>The UK has been at the forefront of international efforts to tackle corporate tax avoidance through the OECD Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project, which was completed in 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has committed to introducing country-by-country reporting from 1 January 2016 and rules to deal with hybrid mismatch arrangements from 1 January 2017. As set out in Autumn Statement 2014, these measures are estimated to yield around £45 million and £260 million respectively over the next five years. The policy costings were certified by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also consulted on the OECD recommendations on the design of rules to prevent groups from gaining excessive tax deductions for interest expense, and how the OECD report on the definition of substantial activities in the context of preferential intellectual property regimes impacts the UK Patent Box.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 12/02/2016 14:39:48 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

425315

registered interest
date	02/11/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress his Department has made in tackling international tax avoidance.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	14328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to countering tax avoidance to ensure all tax payers pay their fair share. The UK has been at the forefront of international efforts to tackle corporate tax avoidance through the OECD Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project, which had the objective of ensuring profits are taxed where economic activities are performed.</p><br /><p>The first phase of the BEPS project was delivered in 2014, and the UK was the first adopter of the 2014 recommendations, by legislating for the internationally agreed country-by-country reporting template; and consulting on implementing the OECD agreed rules to deal with hybrid mismatch arrangements.</p><br /><p>In line with the objectives of the BEPS project, the Government also introduced the Diverted Profits Tax to target contrived arrangements used by large multinational companies to divert profits away from the UK.</p><br /><p>The final BEPS project reports were published on 5 October 2015. The UK will give full consideration to the outputs of the BEPS project and will engage with the OECD’s work on developing a framework for monitoring implementation.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 10/11/2015 15:03:41 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

425319

registered interest
date	02/11/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has to ensure (a) British Overseas Territories and (b) the City of London comply with international standards for transparency in tax matters.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	14294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>In 2013, a major focus of the UK’s G8 Presidency was tax transparency and combatting offshore tax evasion. As part of this the UK promoted the development of a new global standard for reciprocal automatic exchange of financial account information in order to effectively tackle the global problem of tax evasion. Due in large part to the UK’s leadership, over 90 countries and jurisdictions have now committed to the new global standard – known as the Common Reporting Standard (CRS) – and will begin automatically exchanging information under the standard by 2017 or 2018.</p><br /><p>Together with the UK itself, all of the UK’s Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories with a recognised financial centre have committed to the 2017 timetable as early adopters. They will also be automatically exchanging 2014 and 2015 financial account information bilaterally with the UK in 2016. The City of London is covered by the CRS which has been implemented in UK law.</p><br /><p>In addition to their commitments to early adoption of the CRS, all of the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies have engaged fully in the Global Forum Peer Review Process on exchange of information on request, have publicly committed to improvements in the transparency of company ownership and meet Financial Action Task Force requirements.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 10/11/2015 16:50:10 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

425320

registered interest
date	02/11/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
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 money saved for the public purse as a result of the Government's policies on tackling international tax avoidance.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	14295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>The UK has been at the forefront of international action to tackle corporate tax avoidance through the OECD Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project. The first phase of the BEPS project was delivered in 2014 and the UK committed to introduce country-by-country reporting from 1 January 2016 and rules to deal with hybrid mismatch arrangements from 1 January 2017.</p><br /><p>In line with the objectives of the BEPS project, the Government also introduced the Diverted Profits Tax from 1 April 2015 to target contrived arrangements used by large multinational companies to divert profits away from the UK.</p><br /><p>As set out in Autumn Statement 2014, together these measures addressing are estimated to yield around £1.6 billion over the next five years. The policy costings were certified by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility.</p><br /><p>The final BEPS project reports were published by the OECD on 5 October 2015 and endorsed by the G20 Finance Ministers at their meeting in Lima on 8 October. The UK welcomes the outcomes of the BEPS project and will give full consideration to the OECD’s recommendations.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 10/11/2015 16:46:35 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

422530

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on the introduction of a financial transaction tax in (a) the UK and (b) partnership with other taxation authorities.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	12531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2015 answer text <p>The UK has a financial transaction tax. Stamp tax on shares raises significant revenue from transactions in UK equities.</p><br /><p>The UK has no plans to introduce a financial transaction tax in partnership with other tax authorities. Such a tax would only be effective if applied globally, and there is currently no prospect of global agreement.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 29/10/2015 14:57:21 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

422531

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Evasion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of which are the principal methods of tax evasion; and what proposals he has for tackling each such method.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	12532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>HMRC's latest estimates of thetax gap, which covers the tax lost due to all forms of non-compliance, including evasion was published on 22 October 2015. The tax gap in the 2013 to 2014 financial year (the latest year) was estimated to be £34billion – 6.4% of the total tax that HMRC estimates was due. Tax evasion accounted for £4.4 billion of this. Tax evaders employ a wide range of methods, ranging from simply not recording taxable transactions to sophisticated sales suppression. HMRC continually reviews its approach to tackling different methods of evasion in the light of operational experience.</p><p>Since 2010 HMRC has delivered record compliance yield from tackling all forms of non-compliance, including evasion, avoidance and fraud.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 28/10/2015 17:31:32 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

422532

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, by what mechanism he proposes to ensure that additional business rate revenue in the North East is allocated to infrastructure investment.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	12524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>On 23 October the Government signed a historic devolution deal with the North East Combined Authority. As part of the deal, and subject to the passage of the Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill through parliament, a new directly-elected Mayor for the North East will be created. The Mayor will chair the existing North East Combined Authority. Powers and responsibilities will be devolved from central government to the Mayor and Combined Authority.</p><br /><p>Full details of the deal are available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/north-east-devolution-deal</p><br /><p>A detailed implementation plan will be agreed over the coming months between central government and the North East Combined Authority.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 12525 12527 12528 12529 question first answered 28/10/2015 13:50:17 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

422533

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Rural Areas: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what new mechanism he proposes to stimulate rural growth in the North East.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	12525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>On 23 October the Government signed a historic devolution deal with the North East Combined Authority. As part of the deal, and subject to the passage of the Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill through parliament, a new directly-elected Mayor for the North East will be created. The Mayor will chair the existing North East Combined Authority. Powers and responsibilities will be devolved from central government to the Mayor and Combined Authority.</p><br /><p>Full details of the deal are available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/north-east-devolution-deal</p><br /><p>A detailed implementation plan will be agreed over the coming months between central government and the North East Combined Authority.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 12524 12527 12528 12529 question first answered 28/10/2015 13:50:17 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

422534

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Adult Education: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what responsibilities are proposed for the (a) elected mayor, (b) North East Combined Authority and (c) North East local enterprise partnership in overseeing the adult skills budget for the North East.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	12527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>On 23 October the Government signed a historic devolution deal with the North East Combined Authority. As part of the deal, and subject to the passage of the Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill through parliament, a new directly-elected Mayor for the North East will be created. The Mayor will chair the existing North East Combined Authority. Powers and responsibilities will be devolved from central government to the Mayor and Combined Authority.</p><br /><p>Full details of the deal are available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/north-east-devolution-deal</p><br /><p>A detailed implementation plan will be agreed over the coming months between central government and the North East Combined Authority.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 12524 12525 12528 12529 question first answered 28/10/2015 13:50:17 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown