HC Deb 25 March 1969 vol 780 cc254-5W
Mrs. Ewing

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what amounts were written off by the Inland Revenue in connection with unpaid Income Tax, Surtax, Corporation Tax, and Capital Gains Tax in the year ended 5th April, 1968, showing separately figures for England, Wales and Scotland by references to the taxpayer's address as shown in their tax return forms.

Mr. Harold Lever

The latest figures available are those for income tax, Corporation tax and capital gains tax for the year of account to September, 1967, and surtax for the year to June, 1968. No separate figures are available for Wales, and the only surtax figure is that for the whole of the United Kingdom. The division between countries is made by reference to the places in which the assessments are made or, in the case of P.A.Y.E., the liabilities are dealt with; figures based on the addresses of taxpayers as shown on their return forms are not available. The figures, which include interest, are:—

England and Wales Scotland
£ £
Income Tax 4,326,505 172,562
Corporation tax 5,713 60
Capital gains tax 522 Nil
Surtax For United Kingdom £224,713