Taxation: Self-assessment

(asked on 29th November 2021) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on advertising campaigns carried out by or on behalf of HM Revenue and Customs to encourage timely submission of self assessment forms by people in each of the last 10 years.


Answered by
Lucy Frazer Portrait
Lucy Frazer
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
This question was answered on 7th December 2021

The amount HMRC spent on Self-Assessment advertising in the years 2014-21 is shown in the table below. HMRC does not hold records of spend before the 2014 -15 financial year.

2014 - 15

£1,916,306

2015 – 16

£1,369,871

2016 – 17

£1,194,347

2017 – 18

£1,147,806

2018 – 19

£1,171,735

2019 – 20

£724,395

2020 – 21

£954,057

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