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date	25/01/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Rebates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of consumer protection regulation for individuals submitting tax rebate applications to HMRC through accounting companies.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	11504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to maintaining trust in the tax system and working with taxpayers to help them get their tax right. However, the Government is aware that some taxpayers face issues and feel misled when using companies that specialise in claiming tax refunds from HMRC.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is working with regulators and other key partners to ensure that the current legal framework is robust in prohibiting harmful business practices to consumer contracts. This includes introducing expectations of transparency in the HMRC Standard for Agents, updated in January 2023, to ensure customers are made aware of the agent’s fees and charging structure.</p><p> </p><p>There are many ways in which a customer can authorise a third party to act on their behalf. HMRC is also developing options for a more modern and secure approach to agent authorisation.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC continues to monitor tax agents and challenge them when there are potential concerns about their practices. HMRC then takes action by either issuing penalties, suspending claims or refusing to deal with an agent, and wherever necessary working with the Police to support their investigations.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 01/02/2024 13:17:39 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1673932

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date	29/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Apostle Accounting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has held with HMRC on payment requests issued to Apostle Accounting Ltd customers following HMRC compliance checks.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	4451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>HMRC cannot comment on any individual or identifiable businesses and their tax affairs due to strict confidentiality.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 06/12/2023 14:48:53 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1673933

registered interest
date	29/11/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Apostle Accounting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to conduct an investigation with HMRC into the practices of Apostle Accounting Ltd following its liquidation.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	4452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2023 answer text <p>HMRC cannot comment on any individual or identifiable businesses and their tax affairs due to strict confidentiality rules, and can neither confirm or deny investigations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 06/12/2023 13:13:39 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain