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Tax Avoidance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to review Section 684 activities with reference to the Loan Charge.

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Answering body: Treasury
Tabled: 30 Jul 2024
Target answer date: 2 Sept 2024
Answer: 5 Sept 2024 · 37 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

30 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to review Section 684 activities with reference to the Loan Charge.
2 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Sept 2024
Answer published
Section 684 of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act (ITEPA) 2003 provides for the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) regulations. In 2022, the Court of Appeal considered HMRC’s use of section 684(7A)(b) in relation to a disguised remuneration scheme. The Chance...

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