Question follow-through · 106981
Tax Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the cost of the £1,000 tax free allowance for (a) trading and (b) property income in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 20 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 22 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 28 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the cost of the £1,000 tax free allowance for (a) trading and (b) property income in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
22 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Jan 2026
Answer published
The tax-free allowances simplify the tax system and keep low levels of casual income out of taxation. Individuals with trading income or property income at £1,000 or below are not required to report the income and the use of allowances to HMRC through Sel...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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