Written question asked by Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Conservative) on Wednesday, 21 October 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 26 October 2009. It was answered by Stephen Timms (Labour) on Wednesday, 28 October 2009 on behalf of the Treasury.

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Taxation: Self-Assessment

Question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many attempts have been made by HM Revenue and Customs to collect tax payments outstanding under the self-assessment system in each year since 1997; how many such attempts resulted in the collection of (a) the full and (b) part of the payment outstanding; and how many such attempts did not recover any outstanding payment.

Answer

The information is not available. HMRC uses a range of interventions to collect unpaid tax. Successful collectors of debt cannot normally be attributed to one specific action.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

498 c361W; 295661

Session

2008-09

Subjects

Self-assessment

Link

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