Written question asked by Stephen O'Brien (Conservative) on Wednesday, 16 July 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 9 September 2003. It was answered by Baroness Primarolo (Labour) on Tuesday, 9 September 2003 on behalf of the Treasury.

Treasury

Question: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Government's target for take-up of the Inland Revenue's self-assessment on-line programme by UK tax-filers was in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03; what it is for the 2003-04 tax period; and how these targets were derived. - Inc figures.

Answer: Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the Government's target for take- up of the Inland Revenue's self-assessment on-line programme by UK tax-filers was in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03; what it is for the 2003-04 tax period; and how these targets were derived. [127075] Dawn Primarolo: The Inland Revenue does not have specific targets for each year. The Inland Revenue Public Service Agreement 2003-2006 posted on the Inland Revenue Internet site on 14 February 2003 sets out the targets for electronic filing. The Inland Revenue has set a target of 25 per cent. of SA returns filed electronically by 2005-06 (i.e. 2.2 million of 8.8 million returns), including but not differentiating those filed by agents. Electronically means Filing by Internet Service (FBI) or Electronic Lodgement Service (ELS).

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 127075; 410 c277W;410 c317W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Income tax Inland Revenue Internet Standards Take-up Self-assessment
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk