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Self-assessment: Repayments

Asked by Mr Andrew SnowdenConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 8 September 2026UIN 22595

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the current average processing time is for amended paper self-assessment tax returns resulting in repayments.

Answered by Treasury

HMRC does not hold this information in a readily accessible format. The information requested could only be obtained through the manual review of individual records, and the cost of doing so would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold.

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