| Heading: |
Tax Evasion: Small Businesses |
| Question ID: |
1728597 |
| UIN: |
5137 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-09-10 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4828 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Paula Barker
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Paula Barker
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of developing a system to tackle trends in the level of tax evasion from small businesses. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2024-09-18 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4797 |
| Answering Member display name: |
James Murray
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| Answering Member handle: |
jamesmurray_ldn
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@jamesmurray_ldn
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| Answer text: |
The Government is committed to tackling all forms of non-compliance, including evasion. Each year HMRC estimates the size of the tax gap, and the latest published tax gap (2022-23) was 4.8% of theoretical liabilities, or £39.8bn. The element attributable ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
14 |
| Answering body name: |
Treasury |
| Tweeted: |
true |