HC Deb 28 April 2004 vol 420 c1114W
Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the business-related taxes introduced in each year since 1990, stating the revenue raised by each annually. [169164]

Dawn Primarolo

Changes to taxation are set out in successive Financial Statement and Budget Reports, alongside estimates of the effects on government revenues anticipated at the time of their introduction. Given the difficulties in defining the incidence of tax changes, and the fact that tax measures interact and have complex behavioural and economic effects, it is not generally possible to separately identify the revenue implications of past tax changes for current levels of revenues.