§ Mr. Paul Deanasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the total amount of tax collected, other than companies, by deduction at source under section 70 of the Finance (No. 2) Act 1975 in the year 1977–78; and how much of this was repaid to the sub-contractors concerned.
§ Mr. Robert Sheldon,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 25th July 1978], gave the following information:
Employers are not required to distinguish between PAYE and deductions made under section 70 of the Finance (No. 2) Act 1975 when sending their monthly remittances to the collector. The payments are, however, distinguished in the end-of-year returns, which are now coming in, and details will be available towards the end of the present calendar year.
I regret that separate totals are not kept for deductions from companies and that repayments of deductions are not recorded centrally.
§ Mr. Paul Deanasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the total amount of tax collected by deduction at source under section 29 of the Finance Act 1971 in the year 1976–77; and how much of this was repaid to the sub-contractors concerned.
§ Mr. Robert Sheldon,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 25th July 1978], gave the following information:
The total amount deducted by contractors in 1976–77 was £20 million. I regret that records of repayments of these deductions are not kept centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.