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The estimated exchequer cost arising from income tax relief on contributions made to private pensions, and relief on the investment returns to private pensions in 2013-14 was £34.3bn<\/p>
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Revenue effects on reducing tax relief on private pensions for people earning more than £150,000 would depend on how changes were implemented and would likely cause significant behavioural effects.<\/p>
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The Government remains committed to bringing forward Tax-Free Childcare to help working families. The Chancellor of the Exchequer will set out the timing of the introduction as part of his Budget.<\/p>
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Registering for the new scheme is being designed to be as straightforward as possible for parents and will use a new simple online system. They will be asked to identify themselves and the child for whom the childcare account is being opened, and to provide information to demonstrate their eligibility, for example confirming that they are in paid employment or self-employment.<\/p>
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The savings for 2015-16 announced on 4 June 2015 are being achieved through further efficiency savings, tighter control of budgets to drive underspends in year, and driving through asset sales. The government is getting on with the job of repairing the public finances. This will create the best conditions for sustainable growth. Increasing productivity is a key part of this Government\u2019s economic plan. The Chancellor will publish a Productivity Plan soon, setting out a long-term vision for productivity growth in the UK.<\/p>
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HMRC will deliver £80m of savings in 2015-16, starting by looking at prioritising projects in their change programme, which is intended to deliver a wider transformation of HMRC's capabilities, achieve sustainable efficiency savings and improve compliance yield.<\/p>
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HM Treasury will reduce its net expenditure by £7m in 2015-16 through robust spending control and by seeking efficiencies across all HMT bodies.<\/p>
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The government takes the issue of tax avoidance by multinational companies seriously. Legislation for the Diverted Profits Tax was introduced in Finance Act 2015 effective from 1 April 2015 to counter the use of contrived arrangements by multinational companies to erode the UK tax base. The UK has also continued to lead the way on reform of the international tax rules to address tax avoidance by multinational companies through the G20-OECD Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Project. Legislation to implement the OECD model for country-by-country reporting was introduced in Finance Act 2015. The UK has also committed to introduce the OECD agreed rules to address hybrid mismatch arrangements.<\/p>
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At Budget 2015 the government cancelled the fuel duty increase that was planned for 1 September 2015, thereby freezing fuel duty until the end of 2015-16. Like all taxes, fuel duties are kept under review in the context of the wider public finances, with tax policy changes announced at fiscal events.<\/p>
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The number of families in receipt of Working Tax Credit (WTC) in Wales can be found on Table 1a of the publication \u2018Personal tax credits: Finalised award statistics - geographical statistics 2013 to 2014\u2019 available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-finalised-award-statistics-geographical-statistics-2013-to-2014<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p> The number of families benefitting from the childcare element in Wales, as well as the average weekly value of the award, can be found on Table 1b of the publication \u2018Personal tax credits: Finalised award statistics - geographical statistics 2013 to 2014\u2019 available here:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-finalised-award-statistics-geographical-statistics-2013-to-2014<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The number of families in receipt of Child Tax Credit (CTC) in Wales can be found on Table 1a of the publication \u2018Personal tax credits: Finalised award statistics - geographical statistics 2013 to 2014\u2019 available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-finalised-award-statistics-geographical-statistics-2013-to-2014<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The number of families in receipt of Child Benefit in Wales can be found on Table 3 of the publication \u2018Child Benefit geographical analysis - August 2014\u2019 available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-benefit-geographical-analysis-august-2014<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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