Question follow-through · 77618
Self-assessment: Fines
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of reviewing HMRC late-filing penalties.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 16 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 14 Oct 2025 · 28 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of reviewing HMRC late-filing penalties.
13 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Oct 2025
Answer published
The tax system contains obligations, set out in law, to ensure that HMRC can collect the correct tax to fund vital public services. HMRC is bound by law to apply penalties where customers do not meet these obligations. Penalties also help to reassure cust...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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