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Written question asked by Lord Robathan (Conservative) on Monday, 5 June 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 8 June 2006. It was answered by Baroness Primarolo (Labour) on Thursday, 8 June 2006 on behalf of the Treasury.


Tax Returns

Question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the impact on the (a) staffing and (b) costs of accountancy firms of the change in filing deadlines for tax returns.
Answer

The Government are currently assessing the impacts on businesses of implementing the recommendations of Lord Carter of Coles' Review of HMRC online services, and HMRC has published a Partial Regulatory Impact Assessment which invites comments and evidence to inform the final assessment. The document can be viewed at:"http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/ria/pria-online-services.pdf"


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
447 c862W; 75878
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Self-assessment
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk