Question follow-through · 100625
Self-assessment: Digital Technology
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to use technological innovation to simplify the process of filing tax returns.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 16 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 18 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 18 Dec 2025 · 2 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to use technological innovation to simplify the process of filing tax returns.
18 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Dec 2025
Answer published
The government is investing in HMRC’s digital services to simplify tax filing, improve accuracy and reduce burdens on taxpayers. Improvements to digital journeys will make it easier for taxpayers to register, deregister or manage their obligations online,...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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