§ Mr. David Howellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the total number of Pay As You Earn taxpayers whose codes changed during the most recent convenient 12-month period; what proportion this is of all Pay As You Earn taxpayers; and if he will indicate the number of taxpayers whose codes changed twice, three times, four times or more than four times, respectively, during the period.
236W
§ Mr. TaverneThis information is not available.
§ Mr. David Howellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total cost to the Inland Revenue of changing the Pay As You Earn codes of taxpayers during the most recent convenient 12-month period; and what is the average cost to the Inland Revenue every time an individual taxpayer's code is changed.
§ Mr. TaverneThe information asked for in the first part of the Question is not available. There are many reasons why a taxpayer may have to be re-coded and it is not possible to give a realistic estimate of the average cost of doing so.
§ Mr. David Howellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the number of Pay As You Earn codes used by his Department, indicating the number of taxpayers at present classified under each code.
§ Mr. TaverneThere are at present 335 P.A.Y.E. codes, but information about the number of taxpayers classified under each of them is not available.