Question follow-through · 91127
Electronic Commerce: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many online marketplace sellers have been required to pay a tax liability following a HMRC tax inquiry, and what was the average amount owed.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 14 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 19 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 19 Nov 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
14 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many online marketplace sellers have been required to pay a tax liability following a HMRC tax inquiry, and what was the average amount owed.
19 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Nov 2025
Answer published
HMRC does not segment it's data by trade sector, so is not able to accurately identify the number of businesses in any one sector which have been subject to a HMRC Tax Enquiry.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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