Written question asked by Gordon Prentice (Labour) on Tuesday, 15 December 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 5 January 2010. It was answered by Stephen Timms (Labour) on Monday, 11 January 2010 on behalf of the Treasury.
Tax Avoidance
- Question
- To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what investigations HM Revenue and Customs has carried out in the last 12 months into those companies which have relocated their headquarters overseas to minimise their tax burden; and if he will make a statement.
- Answer
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HM Revenue and Customs may investigate where there is doubt as to whether a purported relocation is genuine. No details are available centrally as to the number of cases of this type that have been investigated and such details could be collated only at disproportionate lost.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 503 c779W; 308374
- Session
- 2009-10
- Subjects
- Tax avoidance
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