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Unpaid Taxes

Asked by David DavisConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 21 May 2026UIN 1113

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have been allowed to pay taxes late without penalty in each of the last five years.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson

HM Revenue and Customs does not hold centrally a dataset that identifies how many individuals have been allowed to pay taxes late without incurring a penalty in each of the last five years.

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