Question follow-through · 9744
Taxation: Interest Payments
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact methodology used to set interest rates on tax underpayments and repayments on levels of parity between taxpayers and HMRC.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 15 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 17 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 23 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact methodology used to set interest rates on tax underpayments and repayments on levels of parity between taxpayers and HMRC.
17 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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23 Jun 2026
Answer published
HMRC treats interest in line with other tax authorities and financial institutions by having a differential between the interest it pays, and the interest charged. This differential is currently 5ppt, with both Repayment Interest and Late Repayment Intere...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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