Written question asked by Mark Francois (Conservative) on Wednesday, 18 April 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 20 April 2007. It was answered by John Healey (Labour) on Wednesday, 9 May 2007 on behalf of the Treasury.

Taxation: Self-Assessment

Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was owed in outstanding fines for the late return of self-assessment tax forms at the end of each of the last nine financial years.

Answer

The information requested is not available for each of the last nine years. The Self Assessment penalties outstanding at the end of HM Revenue and Customs accounting years, and both in monetary amounts in percentage terms against the cumulative penalties raised, are set out in the table. HMRC accounting years run to the end of October.

	SA penalties outstanding (£ million)	Outstanding as a percentage of charges raised
1998	54.81	47.08
1999	92.37	36.99
2000	112.95	28.37
2001	127.24	23.30
2002	136.26	19.76
2003	131.79	15.68
2004	134.45	13.28
2005	145.52	12.02

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Type: Written question
Reference: 460 c283-4W; 133326
Session: 2006-07
Subjects: Self-assessment
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

Taxation: Self-Assessment

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