Question follow-through · 13465
Research: Tax Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the time taken to investigate alleged fraudulent research and development tax relief claims.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 11 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 14 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 14 Nov 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the time taken to investigate alleged fraudulent research and development tax relief claims.
14 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Nov 2024
Answer published
HMRC is committed to tackling error and fraud whilst also ensuring the R&D tax relief claims process is straightforward for genuine claimants.At Autumn Budget, HMRC published the Approach to Research and Development tax Reliefs for 2023 to 2024, which...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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