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1179930

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue has accrued to the public purse from IR35 in each year since it was implemented.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	19756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>The off-payroll working rules (IR35) have been in place for nearly 20 years. They are designed to ensure that individuals working like employees but through their own company pay broadly the same tax and National Insurance contributions (NICs) as other employees who are directly employed.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC do not have an annual breakdown of revenue received from the application of the off-payroll working rules. The Government estimates that only one in ten personal services companies (PSCs) who should be operating the rules are doing so. This non-compliance is projected to increase from £700 million per year in 2017/18 to £1.3 billion per year in 2023/24.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC have measured the impact of reforming the off-payroll rules in the public sector and estimate that the reform has already raised an additional £550 million in income tax and NICs in the first 12 months since it was introduced.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 03/03/2020 13:33:35 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1178750

registered interest
date	12/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken to prepare SMEs for the proposed changes to the IR35 rules from April 2020.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
uin	15099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to working with organisations to ensure changes to the rules are implemented correctly. HMRC are undertaking an extensive programme of education and support to help organisations prepare for the reform. This includes:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Offering one-to-one support to more than 2,000 of the UK’s biggest employers, and writing directly to 43,000 medium sized businesses and other organisations.</li><li>Providing large and medium sized businesses, public bodies, and charities with factsheets to share with their contractors, and publishing this factsheet on gov.uk.</li><li>Holding workshops with small tax agents, recruitment agencies, charities, and public bodies.</li><li>Holding at least weekly webinars, with small tax agents, recruitment agencies, charities, public bodies and contractors.</li><li>An enhanced version of the Check Employment Status for Tax online tool was published in November 2019 to help individuals and organisations make the right status determinations and apply the off-payroll rules correctly.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The reform of the off-payroll working rules in April 2020 will apply only to medium and large-sized businesses, minimising administrative burdens for the vast majority of engagers. The existing rules will continue to apply to the smallest 1.5m businesses.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 15100 question first answered 28/02/2020 10:58:34 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1178751

registered interest
date	12/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken to advise people affected by proposed changes to the IR35 rules from April 2020.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
uin	15100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to working with organisations to ensure changes to the rules are implemented correctly. HMRC are undertaking an extensive programme of education and support to help organisations prepare for the reform. This includes:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Offering one-to-one support to more than 2,000 of the UK’s biggest employers, and writing directly to 43,000 medium sized businesses and other organisations.</li><li>Providing large and medium sized businesses, public bodies, and charities with factsheets to share with their contractors, and publishing this factsheet on gov.uk.</li><li>Holding workshops with small tax agents, recruitment agencies, charities, and public bodies.</li><li>Holding at least weekly webinars, with small tax agents, recruitment agencies, charities, public bodies and contractors.</li><li>An enhanced version of the Check Employment Status for Tax online tool was published in November 2019 to help individuals and organisations make the right status determinations and apply the off-payroll rules correctly.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The reform of the off-payroll working rules in April 2020 will apply only to medium and large-sized businesses, minimising administrative burdens for the vast majority of engagers. The existing rules will continue to apply to the smallest 1.5m businesses.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 15099 question first answered 28/02/2020 10:58:34 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1177733

registered interest
date	11/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what independent research his Department has commissioned on the administrative costs for SMEs of the roll-out of the off payroll working rules.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2020 answer text <p>The reform of the off-payroll working rules in April 2020 will apply only to medium and large-sized businesses, minimising administrative burdens for the vast majority of engagers. The existing rules will continue to apply to the smallest 1.5m businesses.</p><p> </p><p>The Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) published in July 2019 sets out HMRC’s assessment that the reform to the off-payroll working rules is expected to affect 170,000 individuals. The TIIN can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rules-for-off-payroll-working-from-april-2020/rules-for-off-payroll-working-from-april-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rules-for-off-payroll-working-from-april-2020/rules-for-off-payroll-working-from-april-2020</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/02/2020 09:53:06 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1177735

registered interest
date	11/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps the Government has taken to support the private sector for the roll-out of the IR35 rules.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to working with organisations to ensure changes to the rules are implemented correctly. HMRC is undertaking an extensive programme of education and support to help organisations prepare for the reform. This includes:</p><ul><li>Offering one-to-one support to more than 2,000 of the UK’s biggest employers, and writing directly to 43,000 medium sized businesses and other organisations.</li><li>Providing large and medium sized businesses, public bodies, and charities with factsheets to share with their contractors, and publishing this factsheet on gov.uk.</li><li>Holding workshops with small tax agents, recruitment agencies, charities, and public bodies.</li><li>Holding webinars at least weekly, with small tax agents, recruitment agencies, charities, public bodies and contractors.</li><li>Publishing an enhanced version of the Check Employment Status for Tax online tool in November 2019 to help individuals and organisations make the right status determinations and apply the off-payroll rules correctly.</li></ul> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/02/2020 10:04:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1175563

registered interest
date	03/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the review of changes to off-payroll working rules will recognise that freelance contractors are not employees.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	11565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2020 answer text <p>The off-payroll working rules are designed to ensure that an individual who works like an employee, but through their own limited company, pays broadly the same Income Tax and National Insurance contributions as other employees. Employment status is not a matter of choice but depends on the facts and actual working practices of an engagement.</p><p>From April 2020, following the roll-out of the reforms to the off-payroll working rules to large and medium sized organisations in all sectors, clients will be required to assess a contractor’s employment status and determine whether they fall within the scope of the rules. HMRC's Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) digital service was developed in conjunction with tax specialists, contractors and other stakeholders, and is available to help organisations apply the off-payroll working rules correctly.</p><p> </p><p>The Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) published in July 2019 sets out HMRC’s assessment that the reform to the off-payroll working rules is expected to raise around £3 billion by 2024, and is not expected to have any significant macro-economic impacts. The TIIN can be found here: <a href="https://bit.ly/2YTbOaA" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2YTbOaA</a>. Furthermore, independent research conducted by IFF Research and Frontier Economics following the implementation of the 2017 public sector reform showed the reform had not resulted in significant disruption to the sector, or to its use of contingent labour.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 11566 11567 question first answered 06/02/2020 13:10:00 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1175564

registered interest
date	03/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the ongoing review of changes to off-payroll working rules will estimate the additional tax revenue that will be raised as a result of the proposed changes.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	11566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2020 answer text <p>The off-payroll working rules are designed to ensure that an individual who works like an employee, but through their own limited company, pays broadly the same Income Tax and National Insurance contributions as other employees. Employment status is not a matter of choice but depends on the facts and actual working practices of an engagement.</p><p>From April 2020, following the roll-out of the reforms to the off-payroll working rules to large and medium sized organisations in all sectors, clients will be required to assess a contractor’s employment status and determine whether they fall within the scope of the rules. HMRC's Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) digital service was developed in conjunction with tax specialists, contractors and other stakeholders, and is available to help organisations apply the off-payroll working rules correctly.</p><p> </p><p>The Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) published in July 2019 sets out HMRC’s assessment that the reform to the off-payroll working rules is expected to raise around £3 billion by 2024, and is not expected to have any significant macro-economic impacts. The TIIN can be found here: <a href="https://bit.ly/2YTbOaA" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2YTbOaA</a>. Furthermore, independent research conducted by IFF Research and Frontier Economics following the implementation of the 2017 public sector reform showed the reform had not resulted in significant disruption to the sector, or to its use of contingent labour.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 11565 11567 question first answered 06/02/2020 13:10:00 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1175565

registered interest
date	03/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any estimate of potential additional tax revenues that may be accrued as a result of changes to off-payroll working rules will also account for the loss of tax revenues should contractors stop working, move abroad or go out of business due to the proposed changes.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	11567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2020 answer text <p>The off-payroll working rules are designed to ensure that an individual who works like an employee, but through their own limited company, pays broadly the same Income Tax and National Insurance contributions as other employees. Employment status is not a matter of choice but depends on the facts and actual working practices of an engagement.</p><p>From April 2020, following the roll-out of the reforms to the off-payroll working rules to large and medium sized organisations in all sectors, clients will be required to assess a contractor’s employment status and determine whether they fall within the scope of the rules. HMRC's Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) digital service was developed in conjunction with tax specialists, contractors and other stakeholders, and is available to help organisations apply the off-payroll working rules correctly.</p><p> </p><p>The Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) published in July 2019 sets out HMRC’s assessment that the reform to the off-payroll working rules is expected to raise around £3 billion by 2024, and is not expected to have any significant macro-economic impacts. The TIIN can be found here: <a href="https://bit.ly/2YTbOaA" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2YTbOaA</a>. Furthermore, independent research conducted by IFF Research and Frontier Economics following the implementation of the 2017 public sector reform showed the reform had not resulted in significant disruption to the sector, or to its use of contingent labour.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 11565 11566 question first answered 06/02/2020 13:10:00 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1175060

registered interest
date	31/01/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish the outcome of his review of proposed changes to IR35 tax regulations.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	10776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>The review of the off-payroll working rules reform (also known as IR35) was announced on 7 January 2020. As set out at Budget 2018, the reform is due to be extended to medium and large organisations in all sectors from 6 April 2020. The review is looking to determine if any further steps can be taken to ensure smooth and successful implementation of the reform due to come into force in April 2020. The review will conclude by mid-February 2020, after which point the recommendations will be made public.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/02/2020 11:54:23 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1172680

registered interest
date	22/01/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of how many people will be affected by changes to the off-payroll working rules in (a) the UK, (b) Wales and (c) Newport East.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	6623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>The off-payroll working rules are designed to ensure that an individual who works like an employee, but through their own limited company, pays broadly the same Income Tax and National Insurance contributions as other employees. The Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) published in July 2019 sets out HMRC’s assessment that the reform to the off-payroll working rules is expected to affect 170,000 individuals. The TIIN can be found here: <a href="https://bit.ly/2YTbOaA" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2YTbOaA</a>. This is a UK wide figure.</p><p> </p><p>The Government launched a review of changes to off-payroll working rules on 7 January 2020 to determine if any further steps can be taken to ensure the smooth and successful implementation of the reform due to come into force in April 2020. The review will also consider whether any additional support for businesses is needed to ensure that the self-employed, who are not in scope of the rules, are not affected. The review will conclude in mid-February 2020.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 27/01/2020 14:29:40 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden