§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many individual taxpayers who file self-assessment tax returns have registered for the Inland Revenue service for filing tax returns on the internet in each month since the service became available; and if he will make a statement. [160118]
§ Dawn Primarolo[holding answer 3 May 2001]: Since the registration service became available on 3 April 2000, 134,550 individual taxpayers who file self assessment tax returns have registered for the Inland Revenue service for filing tax returns over the internet. The numbers of registrations in each month were given in my answer to the hon. Member on 18 July 2000, Official Report, column 110W. The updated figures are as follows:
Month Registrations Cumulative total August 2000 11,700 81,894 September 2000 16,557 98,451 October 2000 2,736 101,187 November 2000 1,697 102,884 December 2000 2,902 105,786 January 2001 14,162 119,948 February 2001 595 120,543 March 2001 522 121,065 April 2001 13,485 134,550
§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many individual taxpayers who file self-assessment tax returns and have registered for the Inland Revenue service for filing tax returns on the internet have submitted their tax returns using the internet-based service in each month since the service became available; and if he will make a statement. [160117]
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§ Dawn Primarolo[holding answer 3 May 2001]: Since the facility to submit tax returns over the internet became available on 3 July 2000, 40,299 tax returns have been received over the internet from individual taxpayers who file self assessment tax returns. The number of submissions in each month were as follows:
Month Returns submitted Cumulative total 2000 July 7,321 7,321 August 6,630 13,951 September 9,419 23,370 October 2,544 25,914 November 1,165 27,079 December 1,412 28,491 2001 January 9,694 38,185 February 973 39,158 March 122 39,280 April 1,019 40,299