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Lord Forsyth of Drumlean (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 17 September 2025

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Making Tax Digital

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Does the Minister recall his time on the Economic Affairs Committee and the report which was produced—I am not sure whether he was still on the committee at that time—on Making Tax Digital? It welcomed the move but thought it was important to take account of the burdens placed on small businesses and the costs that were involved. Surely at a time when the economy is, shall we say, not exactly performing as he might hope, might it not be better to look at this again, with a view to the levels of fines and the speed with which it is being implemented? There was considerable evidence then that HMRC was simply contracting out its job of collecting taxes to people who were trying to run businesses in difficult times. Surely that is not acceptable.
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