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Written question asked by John McDonnell (Labour) on Thursday, 20 March 2014, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 24 March 2014. It was answered by David Gauke (Conservative) on Monday, 31 March 2014 on behalf of the Treasury.

Taxation: Rebates

Question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many tax refunds were made in the tax years (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13 for (i) income tax, (ii) value added tax, (iii) corporation tax and (iv) national insurance; and what the total value of refunds was in each such category in each such year.

Original answer

The figures shown represent the value of repayment figures as included in the accrued net revenue figures in the Statement of Revenue, Other Income and Expenditure which are published in the Annual Report and Accounts. We hold only the total value not number of repayments made by tax type.

HOD
 2009-10
 2010-11
 2011-12
 2012-13
Income Tax
 9,703,600,140.60
 11,062,294,029.42
 12,032,623,916.28
 12,452,181,005.78
VAT
 52,098,844,904.82
 65,208,522,155.96
 75,332,913,101.11
 74,730,895,023.43
Corporation Tax
 8,993,368,840.74
 5,012,774,914.88
 6,999,305,350.27
 4,619,517,414.07
National Insurance Contributions.
 381,775,025.34
 359,560,830.57
 233,269,374.25
 749,910,875.73

It has since been corrected.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
578 c480W; 193123
Session
2013-14
Related items
Taxation: Rebates
Monday, 7 April 2014
Written corrections
House of Commons
Notes
Corrected by 579 c1MC
Subjects
Repayments Taxation
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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