Asked by: Rushanara Ali (Labour - Bethnal Green and Bow)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral evidence of the Permanent Secretary of HMRC of 23 May and 5 June 2018 to the Treasury Committee, whether he has seen briefing papers on the estimated figures of £17-20 billion on the costs of the maximum facilitation model; and what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of those estimates.
Answered by Mel Stride - Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The analysis to support the estimated £17-20 billion figure was published in a letter by the Chief Executive of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs to the Treasury Select Committee on 5 June, 2018.
The government is considering two approaches to a future customs relationship with the EU: a ‘new customs partnership’ and a ‘highly streamlined customs arrangement’. Ongoing analysis continues to support the development of both models.
Asked by: Rushanara Ali (Labour - Bethnal Green and Bow)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment has been made of the value for money of the Making Tax Digital IT system.
Answered by Mel Stride - Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Information on the Making Tax Digital (MTD) rollout was given in my written statement to the House on 13 July 2017, which is available here:
HM Revenue & Customs published a technical note on 1 December 2017 providing its assessment of MTD impacts. The note reflects the changed scale and scope of the mandatory elements announced in the 13 July statement and is available here:
Asked by: Rushanara Ali (Labour - Bethnal Green and Bow)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the timetable for the roll-out of the Making Tax Digital system.
Answered by Mel Stride - Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Information on the Making Tax Digital (MTD) rollout was given in my written statement to the House on 13 July 2017, which is available here:
HM Revenue & Customs published a technical note on 1 December 2017 providing its assessment of MTD impacts. The note reflects the changed scale and scope of the mandatory elements announced in the 13 July statement and is available here:
Asked by: Rushanara Ali (Labour - Bethnal Green and Bow)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what contingency plans his Department had made prior to the launch of the new childcare website in the event of problems with that website; and whether such plans were implemented when problems occurred.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
HMRC continually reviews the performance of the childcare service and, working with their delivery partner National Savings and Investments, has made a range of improvements to the way the service works.
Whilst the majority of parents use the service without problems, some parents have experienced difficulties. HMRC has arrangements in place to ensure that no parents miss out financially as a result of these issues. Where parents have missed out on Tax-Free Childcare payments, HMRC pay compensation to reimburse them for missed government top-ups. HMRC have also issued 30 hours free childcare codes manually to parents, where technical issues prevented them from getting their code through the digital childcare service.
Asked by: Rushanara Ali (Labour - Bethnal Green and Bow)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has conducted an internal review of the reliability of the new childcare website.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
HMRC continually reviews the performance of the childcare service and, working with their delivery partner National Savings and Investments, has made a range of improvements to the way the service works.
Whilst the majority of parents use the service without problems, some parents have experienced difficulties. HMRC has arrangements in place to ensure that no parents miss out financially as a result of these issues. Where parents have missed out on Tax-Free Childcare payments, HMRC pay compensation to reimburse them for missed government top-ups. HMRC have also issued 30 hours free childcare codes manually to parents, where technical issues prevented them from getting their code through the digital childcare service.
Asked by: Rushanara Ali (Labour - Bethnal Green and Bow)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has been made of the number of parents receiving childcare vouchers who will not be eligible for tax-free childcare.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 22 December 2017 to the Honourable Member for Tottenham (PQ119871).
To date, HMRC have received 3,496 complaints from parents who have experienced technical issues with the childcare service.
HMRC have paid £966,666 to parents in lieu of any Tax-Free Childcare payments and £38,949 in redress to parents which recompense parents for inconvenience and expenses such as telephone calls to the helpline.
Asked by: Rushanara Ali (Labour - Bethnal Green and Bow)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints (a) his Department and (b) HMRC have received concerning the new childcare website.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 22 December 2017 to the Honourable Member for Tottenham (PQ119871).
To date, HMRC have received 3,496 complaints from parents who have experienced technical issues with the childcare service.
HMRC have paid £966,666 to parents in lieu of any Tax-Free Childcare payments and £38,949 in redress to parents which recompense parents for inconvenience and expenses such as telephone calls to the helpline.
Asked by: Rushanara Ali (Labour - Bethnal Green and Bow)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much compensation to date the Government has paid out as a result of problems with the new childcare website.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 22 December 2017 to the Honourable Member for Tottenham (PQ119871).
To date, HMRC have received 3,496 complaints from parents who have experienced technical issues with the childcare service.
HMRC have paid £966,666 to parents in lieu of any Tax-Free Childcare payments and £38,949 in redress to parents which recompense parents for inconvenience and expenses such as telephone calls to the helpline.
Asked by: Rushanara Ali (Labour - Bethnal Green and Bow)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of reductions in HM Revenue and Customs funding on efforts to tackle tax evasion and avoidance.
Answered by David Gauke
In the last Parliament, more than 40 changes were made to tax law, closing down loopholes and introducing major reforms to the UK tax-system. These measures are estimated to have raised over £12 billion by the end of 2015-16.
At Summer Budget 2015, the government gave HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) an extra £800 million to fund additional work to tackle evasion and non-compliance by 2020-21. This will enable HMRC to recover a cumulative £7.2 billion in tax over the next five years by tackling evasion and non-compliance. It is committed to raising an additional £5 billion a year through tackling tax avoidance, aggressive tax planning, tax evasion, non-compliance and imbalances in the tax system by 2019-20.
Asked by: Rushanara Ali (Labour - Bethnal Green and Bow)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of changes to IR35 tax regulations on (a) self-employed people and (b) people who own small businesses.
Answered by David Gauke
The Government is considering responses to the discussion document published in July on how to improve the effectiveness of the existing intermediaries legislation (IR35). As set out in the discussion document, the Government’s objective is to find a solution that protects the Exchequer and improves fairness in the system without creating disproportionate burdens on business.