HC Deb 03 March 1999 vol 326 cc809-10W
Mr. Viggers

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to enable sub-contractors in the building industry earning less than £30,000 a year to spread the payments of tax owed in relation to different years after 1 April. [74395]

Dawn Primarolo

Building workers, as any other taxpayers, are expected to make proper arrangements to ensure their tax payments are made on time. Under existing arrangements, any person who has difficulty in making a tax payment can contact the Collector of Taxes to see whether it may be paid in instalments. Those arrangements will continue to apply to sub-contractors following the introduction of the new scheme.