Shipping: Tax Allowances
(asked on 16th November 2020) - View Source
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many qualifying claimants there were for seafarers earnings deduction in each year between 2006-07 and 2019-20.
The estimated number of qualifying claimants and cost to the Exchequer of Seafarers Earnings Deduction (SED) from 2008-09 to 2019-20 is presented in the table below.
Year | Estimated cost to the Exchequer of Seafarers Earnings Deduction (£m) | Estimated number of qualifying claimants for Seafarers Earnings Deduction |
2008-09 | 160 | 17,000 |
2009-10 | 170 | 17,000 |
2010-11 | 180 | 17,000 |
2011-12 | 195 | 19,000 |
2012-13 | 250 | 20,000 |
2013-14 | 280 | 21,000 |
2014-15 | 280 | 23,000 |
2015-16 | 250 | 22,000 |
2016-17 | 240 | 21,000 |
2017-18 | 240 | 22,000 |
2018-19 | 260 | 22,000 |
2019-20 | 280 | 22,000 |
Comparable figures prior to 2008-09 are not held.
The estimated cost to the Exchequer of SED from 2012-13 to 2019-20 and the estimated number of qualifying claimants for SED from 2017-18 to 2018-19 was published in HMRC’s non-structural tax relief statistics, which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/main-tax-expenditures-and-structural-reliefs.
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