Question follow-through · 54374
Personal Care Services: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2025 to Question 46841 on Personal Care Services: Licensing, how many hairdresser and barber businesses has HMRC investigated following evidence suggesting that they may have misclass
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 22 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 3 Jun 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2025 to Question 46841 on Personal Care Services: Licensing, how many hairdresser and barber businesses has HMRC investigated following evidence suggesting that they may have misclass
2 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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3 Jun 2025
Answer published
HMRC is committed to ensuring the tax system operates fairly and efficiently, creating a level playing field for all compliant businesses. Businesses providing personal care services, including hairdressers and barbers often operate using the ‘rent-a-chai...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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