Written question asked by Colin Pickthall (Labour) on Thursday, 7 December 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 14 December 2000. It was answered by Baroness Primarolo (Labour) on Thursday, 14 December 2000 on behalf of the Treasury.

Treasury

Question: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what improvements he plans to make in the income tax self-assessment scheme, with particular respect to investigations. - Inc ref to "Income Tax Self Assessment Inquiries", published by the Inland Revenue and the Chartered Institute of Taxation in the Library.

Answer: Mr. Pickthall: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what improvements he plans to make in the income tax self assessment scheme, with particular respect to investigations. [142474] Dawn Primarolo: The Government announced on 10 November that they intend to bring forward changes to the law in the next Finance Bill, and that the Inland Revenue will improve its procedures for conducting inquiries in consultation with interested representative bodies (Inland Revenue Press Release PR174/00). These improvements are the result of a joint report, "Income Tax Self Assessment Inquiries", published by the Inland Revenue and the Chartered Institute of Taxation on 10 November 2000 and which has been placed in the Library.

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