Question follow-through · 99151

Small Businesses: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with small business owners on the closure of the online filing service to support small, unrepresented businesses with simple tax affairs.

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Treasury
Tabled
11 Dec 2025
Target answer date
15 Dec 2025
Answer
19 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 11 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with small business owners on the closure of the online filing service to support small, unrepresented businesses with simple tax affairs.

  2. 15 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 19 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    I understand the impact the closure of this service for filing company accounts and tax returns may have on small, unrepresented businesses.The service is closing because Companies House is modernising its accounts filing requirements under the Economic C...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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