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1349417

registered interest
date	22/07/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Evasion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps he has taken to (a) tackle and (b) hold people accountable for tax evasion.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	38262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>Since 2010, the Government has introduced over 150 new measures to tackle tax avoidance, evasion and other forms of non-compliance, and has secured and protected over £250 billion in tax revenues that would have otherwise gone unpaid. These efforts have helped to reduce the tax gap to a record low of 4.7% for the year 2018-19.</p><p> </p><p>At Spring Budget 2021, the Government announced a further 14 measures to tackle tax non-compliance, forecast to raise £2.2 billion over the next five years. The Government remains committed to reducing the tax gap and will bring forward further measures in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/09/2021 13:32:34 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1349521

registered interest
date	22/07/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Multinational Companies: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the global tax deal agreed at the recent G20 will be equitable for the Global South.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	38360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>It has been a longstanding UK priority to achieve a two-pillar solution to the challenges that digitisation creates for the international tax rules.</p><p>Pillar One will update profit allocation rules to ensure that the profits of large multinationals are taxed where their customers are located. Pillar Two will introduce a global minimum rate of corporation tax.</p><p>Securing and implementing a final agreement on this will help stabilise the international tax framework and ensure multinational businesses pay their fair share, with the right companies paying the right amount of tax in the right place.</p><p>The Government is delighted at the recent progress made on this important issue, with G7 agreement forming the basis for an historic agreement among over 130 members of the OECD Inclusive Framework.</p><p>The final details of an agreement are still subject to international negotiation and it would not be appropriate for the Government to provide detailed impact assessments.</p><p>However, by their nature, the proposals will benefit low income countries by expanding their taxing rights and reducing the incentive to shift profits away from such jurisdictions.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 38361 38362 question first answered 06/09/2021 15:17:36 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1349522

registered interest
date	22/07/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Multinational Companies: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the revenues that will be apportioned to each G20 country as a result of the global tax deal agreed on 10 July 2021 in Venice.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	38361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>It has been a longstanding UK priority to achieve a two-pillar solution to the challenges that digitisation creates for the international tax rules.</p><p>Pillar One will update profit allocation rules to ensure that the profits of large multinationals are taxed where their customers are located. Pillar Two will introduce a global minimum rate of corporation tax.</p><p>Securing and implementing a final agreement on this will help stabilise the international tax framework and ensure multinational businesses pay their fair share, with the right companies paying the right amount of tax in the right place.</p><p>The Government is delighted at the recent progress made on this important issue, with G7 agreement forming the basis for an historic agreement among over 130 members of the OECD Inclusive Framework.</p><p>The final details of an agreement are still subject to international negotiation and it would not be appropriate for the Government to provide detailed impact assessments.</p><p>However, by their nature, the proposals will benefit low income countries by expanding their taxing rights and reducing the incentive to shift profits away from such jurisdictions.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 38360 38362 question first answered 06/09/2021 15:17:36 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1349523

registered interest
date	22/07/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Multinational Companies: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department will take in its negotiations to ensure that global revenues from both Pillar One and Pillar Two of the global tax deal agreed at the G20 will be apportioned to countries on the basis of the location of company employees, physical assets and sales to customers.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	38362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>It has been a longstanding UK priority to achieve a two-pillar solution to the challenges that digitisation creates for the international tax rules.</p><p>Pillar One will update profit allocation rules to ensure that the profits of large multinationals are taxed where their customers are located. Pillar Two will introduce a global minimum rate of corporation tax.</p><p>Securing and implementing a final agreement on this will help stabilise the international tax framework and ensure multinational businesses pay their fair share, with the right companies paying the right amount of tax in the right place.</p><p>The Government is delighted at the recent progress made on this important issue, with G7 agreement forming the basis for an historic agreement among over 130 members of the OECD Inclusive Framework.</p><p>The final details of an agreement are still subject to international negotiation and it would not be appropriate for the Government to provide detailed impact assessments.</p><p>However, by their nature, the proposals will benefit low income countries by expanding their taxing rights and reducing the incentive to shift profits away from such jurisdictions.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 38360 38361 question first answered 06/09/2021 15:17:36 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1349544

registered interest
date	22/07/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Evasion: Landlords
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will give HMRC the resources to discover and tax undeclared private landlords rather than rely on a voluntary scheme of disclosure.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	38447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to reducing non-compliance in the tax system among all taxpayers, including landlords, and continues to give HMRC the resources they need to tackle the tax gap.</p><p>Since 2013-14, HMRC’s Let Property Campaign has prompted approximately 58,000 additional disclosures and raised an estimated £254 million in additional compliance yield for the Exchequer.</p><p>HMRC do not rely on voluntary disclosure from landlords and use a range of data and approaches to identify landlords with undeclared rental income. Where landlords do not come forward to declare their rental income, after being prompted, HMRC take further steps including opening formal compliance interventions where necessary.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/09/2021 13:24:22 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1349553

registered interest
date	22/07/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the steps he plans to take following the publication of the responses to the call for evidence on the consultation on VAT reform in the sharing economy.
tabling member constituency	Bridgwater and West Somerset
tabling member printed	Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger
uin	38151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government is continuing to evaluate the potential VAT challenges created by the growth of the sharing economy and remains committed to continuing engagement with all interested stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p>In accordance with the Government’s tax policy making process, it will provide updates on this work in due course and will consult widely on any proposed policy changes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/09/2021 13:32:22 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1396 label Biography information for Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger

1349611

registered interest
date	22/07/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Domicil
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a lower limit of £1,000 of foreign income before requiring a self-assessment tax return to be completed by those of state pension age and older.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	38424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>Current rules allow those over the State Pension Age with untaxed income under £2,500 a year, including foreign income, to report this income directly to HMRC and pay via a PAYE coding notice rather than having to submit a Self-Assessment return. There are no plans to introduce a specific lower limit for foreign income or to remove the need for individuals with foreign pensions to complete a Self-Assessment return.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/09/2021 13:23:16 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1349709

registered interest
date	22/07/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of HMRC's timeframes for handling complaints.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	38302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>HMRC report regularly their complaints handling performance and publish data every month on GOV.UK. The average complaints handling time of 17 days for new complaints received was also reported in HMRC’s 2019-20 Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC’s complaints regime also includes the option of escalation to an independent Adjudicator. The latest Adjudicator’s annual report can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-adjudicators-office-annual-report-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-adjudicators-office-annual-report-2021</a>. The Adjudicator’s remit includes the timeframe for responding to complaints.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC remain committed to learning from the real-time feedback provided, together with other sources of customer insight as they continue working towards improving all elements of their service.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/09/2021 13:33:39 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1349710

registered interest
date	22/07/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services
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 average HMRC telephony response times; and what recent assessment he has made of the (a) adequacy and (b) effectiveness of HMRC telephony response times.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	38303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>HMRC publish their telephony response times on a monthly and quarterly basis: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrc-monthly-performance-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrc-monthly-performance-reports</a> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrc-quarterly-performance-updates" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrc-quarterly-performance-updates</a>.</p><p>Like other service organisations, HMRC have been affected by the pandemic and are doing all they can to offer the best possible service to their customers, whether supporting them with their taxes or delivering the Government’s support schemes.</p><p>Wait times on some helplines are longer than HMRC would like, and they are sorry about the inconvenience this causes to customers at busy times. HMRC’s digital services are available 24 hours a day, and customer satisfaction for them is very high; HMRC encourage customers to go online where they can and have increased webchat availability as a channel across most areas.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/09/2021 13:41:00 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1349730

registered interest
date	22/07/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Courier Services: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the equity of his Department's policies on how a disbursement fee can be applied by couriers to recipients of packages in the context of international deliveries incurring taxes and import duties.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	38259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>How international parcel operators and couriers deal with any costs associated with arranging customs clearance is entirely a commercial decision. Any charge that operators and couriers make for their services is separate from any import duties payable to HMRC.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/09/2021 15:27:01 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah