Written question asked by Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party) on Wednesday, 3 February 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 8 February 2016 (named day). It was answered by David Gauke (Conservative) on Monday, 8 February 2016 on behalf of the Treasury.

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Self-assessment

Question

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans HM Revenue and Customs has to take into account the effect of downtime of the HSBC online banking system during January 2015 when issuing penalties for late self-assessment tax returns.

Answer

The downtime of online HSBC had no impact on customer’s ability to successfully file their tax return

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

25650

Session

2015-16

Subjects

Bank services Fines Internet Self-assessment HSBC

Link

View this Written question on www.parliament.uk