Inland Revenue (Hansard, 21 March 2003)

HC Deb 21 March 2003 vol 401 c957W 957W

§ Mr. Stunell
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many tax returns were reported lost or mislaid by the Inland Revenue in each of the last five years. [104103]

§ Dawn Primarolo
The Inland Revenue do not keep records of the number of tax returns reported lost or mislaid.
Every year the Revenue receive and process around nine million self assessment tax returns. Over 99 per cent. of returns received by the due date (31 January) are processed by 31 March.