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Written question asked by Vincent Cable (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 2 November 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 6 November 2006. It was answered by Baroness Primarolo (Labour) on Tuesday, 7 November 2006 on behalf of the Treasury.


VAT Fraud

Question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much has been withheld in VAT repayments to companies in each year since 1997; how much in each year was withheld due to suspected missing trader intra-community VAT fraud; and if he will make a statement.
Answer

HMRC does not hold the historic data necessary to answer this question and would incur disproportionate costs in producing such data.I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 9 October 2006, Official Report, column 304W.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
451 c1051W; 100026
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Fraud VAT
Link
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