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170613

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	eBay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that all online retailers trading on eBay in the UK display VAT numbers.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
	uin	218935
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>There is no requirement in tax legislation for a VAT-registered person to declare to a customer that they are registered or to provide a VAT registration number, unless they make a supply to another VAT-registered person, in which case they are obliged to issue a VAT invoice including their VAT number. However businesses are required to comply with the Electronic Commerce Regulations 2002 concerning the provision of this information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 05/01/2015 17:38:51 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

450319

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Small Businesses: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received over the additional burdens to small businesses of the move to quarterly tax returns.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
	uin	25711
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>Making Tax Digital will not involve quarterly tax returns. Instead, this is about making life easier for businesses – saving them time and money. These changes are a central part of a package of reforms that will save businesses £400m in administrative burdens.</p><p> </p><p>Many taxpayers have told HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) that they want more certainty over their tax bill and access to an in-year picture of their tax position. Instead of an onerous tax return, once a quarter businesses will update HMRC from their digital records and in most cases, little or no further entry of information will be needed. These reforms will make it easier for business to understand how much tax they owe, giving them far more certainty over their tax position, helping them budget, invest and grow.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has received a number of representations from individuals, businesses, professional bodies and the software industry about Making Tax Digital. I also refer the honourable Member to my response of 11 January 2016 (with references <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2016-01-04/20876/" target="_blank">20876</a> and <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2016-01-05/21032/" target="_blank">21032</a>).</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 11/02/2016 13:38:19 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

442522

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Sanitary Products: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking at EU level to make sanitary products exempt from VAT.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
	uin	21070
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p>I have, following the recent Parliamentary debate on this issue, written to the European Commission and other Member States setting out our strong view that Member States should have full discretion over what rate of VAT they can apply to these products, and that this should be considered in the context of the Commission’s Action Plan on VAT initiatives. That Action Plan is now expected to emerge in March 2016.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 11/01/2016 17:09:53 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

427525

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government plans to take in response to the Sixth Report of the Public Accounts Committee, HM Revenue and Customs performance in 2014-15, HC 393.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
	uin	15953
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) recognise that their customer service has not been good enough, and have taken major steps to improve. This includes recruiting 3,000 new staff into customer service roles, available outside normal office hours when many of their customers choose to call.</p><br /><p>These steps have started to make a difference. This month, HMRC have answered more than 80% of calls, and average queue times are now around 10 minutes.</p><br /> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 20/11/2015 14:22:32 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

427527

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the budget was for staff answering calls to tax offices in each year since 2007-08.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
	uin	15955
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs does not hold this information, owing to the fact that resource is now moved flexibly within the organisation to deliver customer service.</p><br /> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 20/11/2015 12:51:33 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

427526

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the staff budget for HM Revenue and Customs was in each year since 1997-98.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
	uin	15954
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2015 answer text <p>Budgets for staff are set internally in HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), however information relating to actual staff expenditure for HMRC is available from their Report and Accounts.Please note that the staff expenditure up to 2010-11 include amounts for those staff who moved to UK Border Agency.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 20/11/2015 12:50:43 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

425321

	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	Multinational Companies: Tax Avoidance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to prevent British multinational companies avoiding tax in developing countries.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
	uin	14277
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <br /><p>The Government takes tax avoidance and aggressive tax planning extremely seriously, and has taken action both domestically and through working with other countries to prevent this.</p><br /><p>The UK has led global efforts to tackle aggressive tax planning by multinational companies through the OECD-G20 Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project. The project represents an unprecedented international effort that involved over 60 countries, including developing countries, working together to better align the taxation of profits with economic activity and value creation.</p><br /><p>The Government is also committed to supporting developing countries to collect the tax they are due. Through the G20 Development Working Group, and with the supporting of international organisations, it is working to produce practical toolkits that will assist developing countries in implementing the BEPS recommendations.</p><p>In addition, the UK contributes considerable human and financial resources to help developing countries build robust tax administrations. Earlier this year, the Government committed to doubling our funding for tax projects in developing countries.</p><p><br></p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 10/11/2015 14:45:21 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

425322

	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	Multinational Companies: Tax Avoidance
	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 establishment of a UN body to lead the re-writing of tax rules to help prevent multinational companies from avoiding paying tax in developing countries.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
	uin	14278
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting developing countries access sustainable sources of revenue and collect the taxes they are due. However, it has concerns that the establishment of a UN body with responsibility for agreeing international tax rules would lead to duplication with the ongoing work of the G20 and OECD, and would make it more difficult to achieve agreement on international tax reforms.</p><br /><p>The UK has been at the forefront of recent international efforts to ensure that taxing rights are closely aligned with economic activity through the G20-OECD Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project. Developing countries have been directly involved at working and decision-making levels in BEPS discussions and all countries will be able to benefit from the changes resulting from this work.</p><br /><p>The Government is also working through the G20 Development Working Group and with international organisations to produce practical toolkits that will assist developing countries in implementing the BEPS recommendations. In addition, the Government funds tax capacity building in the vast majority of our priority developing countries bilaterally and multilaterally, as well as through peer-to-peer technical assistance from HM Revenue and Customs.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 10/11/2015 16:40:09 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

171783

	registered interest
	date	02/01/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Foreign Companies: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the cost to the economy of overseas firms not registering for VAT in the UK; and what steps he plans to take to ensure that such companies do register for VAT.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
	uin	219584
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) uses a range of information sources to identify overseas businesses that are making supplies in the UK which make them liable to account for VAT here.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 08/01/2015 16:15:13 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins