Question follow-through · 84363

Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has assessed the potential merits of making (a) directors and (b) owners of (i) dissolved and (ii) all other companies personally liable for the underpayment of taxes arising from the adaptation of tax (

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Treasury
Tabled
22 Oct 2025
Target answer date
27 Oct 2025
Answer
28 Oct 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 22 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has assessed the potential merits of making (a) directors and (b) owners of (i) dissolved and (ii) all other companies personally liable for the underpayment of taxes arising from the adaptation of tax (

  2. 27 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 28 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    The Government is committed to closing the tax gap and cracking down on avoidance and evasion. The Government is determined to do more to close in on promoters of marketed tax avoidance and recently consulted on a package of measures to strengthen HMRC’s ...

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