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date	24/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Electronic Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessments were undertaken on the negative effects on smaller, rural businesses of Making Tax Digital.
tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
uin	4989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>By 24 October 2019 over 1.25 million businesses had joined the new MTD service and over 1.75 million VAT returns had been successfully submitted using MTD-compatible software.</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have worked with and taken feedback from stakeholders including Defra and the National Farmers’ Union, to help shape the design and to understand the impact of the MTD service. An assessment of the impact on smaller, rural businesses is included within the wider Impact Assessment.</p><p> </p><p>Broadband connectivity was presented as a particular challenge for some rural communities. The Government has committed more than £1 billion for the next generation of digital infrastructure, with the Chancellor recently announcing a £5 billion commitment to fund gigabit-capable (speeds of 1,000Mbps&gt;) deployment in the hardest to reach 20% of UK premises. This will close the digital divide and ensure rural areas are not left behind.</p><p> </p><p>Those that cannot go digital are already not required to join MTD.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 31/10/2019 15:59:24 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

1143427

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Electronic Government
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 reduce waiting times for businesses seeking support through Making Tax Digital's telephone lines.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	284983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Performance on the VAT Helpline met the 5-minute average speed of answer target for most of June, July and August, with a slightly longer wait on a few peak dates and at the start and end of July. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have trained and deployed additional resource and increased their digital support offering to businesses and agents.</p><p> </p><p>More than one million VAT traders have now joined the MTD service and more than one million returns have been received and the VAT paid. Businesses that are unable to meet the requirements of MTD because they are digitally excluded can claim exemption from the service and continue to file their VAT returns in the way they did prior to MTD, so there is no revenue lost as a result.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 284992 question first answered 09/09/2019 14:55:24 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1143428

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Electronic Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate has been made of the revenue lost to the public purse due to businesses inability to navigate the new Making Tax Digital system.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	284992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Performance on the VAT Helpline met the 5-minute average speed of answer target for most of June, July and August, with a slightly longer wait on a few peak dates and at the start and end of July. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have trained and deployed additional resource and increased their digital support offering to businesses and agents.</p><p> </p><p>More than one million VAT traders have now joined the MTD service and more than one million returns have been received and the VAT paid. Businesses that are unable to meet the requirements of MTD because they are digitally excluded can claim exemption from the service and continue to file their VAT returns in the way they did prior to MTD, so there is no revenue lost as a result.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 284983 question first answered 09/09/2019 14:55:24 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry