Taxation: Domicil

(asked on 10th September 2026) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many P85 forms have been submitted to HMRC in each month since May 2025.


Answered by
James Murray Portrait
James Murray
Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General
This question was answered on 15th September 2026

The table below shows the number of P85 forms submitted to HMRC electronically from May 2025 to July 2026:

Month

P85 iForms

May 2025

4,500

June 2025

4,500

July 2025

4,900

August 2025

5,200

September 2025

6,300

October 2025

6,700

November 2025

6,500

December 2025

5,800

January 2026

7,800

February 2026

6,300

March 2026

6,600

April 2026

[x]

May 2026

5,100

June 2026

5,500

July 2026

5,500

Figures are rounded to 100. Counts of submitted P85 forms in April 2026 are labelled as [x] due to incomplete data.

Individuals can use the online system to submit a digital P85 or fill in a paper form and submit it by post. The counts provided in the table above are for digital forms only. Postal form data for this period is not available.

P85 forms are submitted by taxpayers who are not intending to submit a self-assessment tax return. Individuals who file through Self-Assessment do not need to submit a P85 form.

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