Self-assessment
The question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2025 to Question 52199 on Taxation: Self-assessment, if she will add an option to specify national identity as British to the taxpayer residency status section of the online Self-Assessment tax return.
Answered by James Murray
HMRC collects data for Self Assessment returns in compliance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). These rules require that any personal data collected must be adequate, relevant, and limited to what is necessary for the purposes for which it is processed.
National identity is not required for determining an individual’s residency status for tax purposes, and therefore is not collected as part of the Self Assessment process. This applies to the taxpayer residency status section as well as the return more broadly.
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