Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Answer of 11 May 2018 to Question 141715 on Taxation: Self-Assessment, how many of the 746,000 self-assessment tax returns that were outstanding and filed after 31 January 2018 were estimated not to have been liable to pay a fine.

HMRC automatically applies a penalty or fine on any self-assessment return that is submitted late. Customers can object or appeal against a penalty levied for late submission. If HMRC accept the explanation for the late return the penalty will be cancelled.

HMRC does not have an estimate of how many customers appealed or objected, or how many penalties or fines were cancelled.