Corporation Tax: Fines

(asked on 5th February 2018) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what value of penalties due by companies for failing to submit a corporation tax return was outstanding at the end of (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14, (c) 2014-15, (d) 2015-16 and (e) 2016-17.


Answered by
Mel Stride Portrait
Mel Stride
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
This question was answered on 13th February 2018

HMRC do not separately estimate the tax gap due to companies being struck off. However, the HMRC Trust Statement contains figures for tax written off each year. Around 90% of the amounts written off relate to insolvencies.

The remainder of the information requested is not held centrally by HMRC.

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