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PAYE

Volume 458: debated on Tuesday 13 March 2007

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people (a) qualified for and (b) received the £250 credit for filing PAYE returns electronically in each year since its introduction. (127289)

The online filing incentive is paid to small employers who voluntarily submit their Employer Annual Return online.

Payments of incentives were made to 900,000 small employers in 2005-06 (in respect of Annual Returns for 2004-05). This represents 51 per cent. of the small employer population registered for PAYE in the qualifying period.

Payments of incentives were made to 1.18 million small employers in 2006-07 (in respect of Annual Returns for 2005-06). This represents 67 per cent. of the small employer population registered for PAYE in the qualifying period.