Question follow-through · 12844
Employment and Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of recognising (a) independent professionals and (b) owner-managed businesses as a distinct category in (i) employment and (ii) tax policy.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 24 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 29 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 30 Jun 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of recognising (a) independent professionals and (b) owner-managed businesses as a distinct category in (i) employment and (ii) tax policy.
29 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Jun 2026
Answer published
HMRC undertakes a range of engagement activities to understand the needs of customers. This includes attendance at industry events, discussions with interested parties and the quarterly Employment Status and Intermediaries Forum with professional and exte...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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