§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how far the Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise have progressed with their research on compliance costs to business of major taxes and duties; for which taxes and duties the review has been completed; if he will place the completed research in the Library; and if he will make a statement. [122517]
§ Dawn PrimaroloThe Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise have embarked on a four year programme of research on business compliance costs. The joint programme starts in 2000–01 with separate research projects on the costs to business of dealing with VAT and Corporation Tax of non-financial companies.
The results of this research will enable the Revenue Departments to look for ways of making improvements in those areas. They will shortly be inviting expressions of interest in tendering for projects within the programme.
As the joint programme has just begun, no research has yet been completed.