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Written question asked by Iain Wright (Labour) on Wednesday, 10 September 2014, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 12 September 2014. It was answered by David Gauke (Conservative) on Monday, 6 October 2014 on behalf of the Treasury.


Tax Avoidance

Question

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that companies which may have engaged people wrongly claiming to be self-employed as a means of national insurance and income tax avoidance are investigated by HM Revenue and Customs; and if he will make a statement.

Answer

Legislation was introduced in this year’s Finance Act to tackle the growing problem of agency workers being falsely classed as self-employed by the use of intermediary companies. HM Revenue & Customs undertakes risk-based investigations of businesses believed to be avoiding the payment of National Insurance and income tax by classifying their workers falsely as self-employed.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
209030
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Business Tax avoidance
Link
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