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Tax credit reforms inquiry

Status: Closed Opened: 19 Oct 2015 Closed: 31 May 2016 1 report
Inquiry scopeCommittee report Report: A reconsideration of tax credit cuts Report: A reconsideration of tax credit cuts (PDF 800.44KB) The Committee is investigating the distributional impact of the proposed April 2016 tax credit cuts in the context of the other measures announced in the Budget; the quality of the analysis produced by the Government to support their proposals; other options for achieving fiscal savings that will mitigate the impact on the least well of; and the implications for work incentives and the Government's wider objectives in welfare reform.

Reports

1 report

Oral evidence sessions

1 session

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Date Session and witnesses Source
26 Oct 2015 No witnesses recorded View ↗

Correspondence

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16 Dec 2015 To committee Letter from Charles Walker MP on tax credits 8-12-2015
16 Dec 2015 To committee Letter from Sir Amyas Morse KCB re tax credits 2-12-2015
24 Nov 2015 From committee Letter to Sir Amyas Morse KCB NAO re PQ answers 24-11-2015
24 Nov 2015 From committee Follow up letter to Damian Hinds re tax credit caseload 24-11-2015
23 Nov 2015 From committee Letter to Charles Walker MP Procedure Committee re tax credit caseload 23-11-2015
18 Nov 2015 To committee Letter from Lord Freud regarding tax credit data
18 Nov 2015 To committee Letter from Damian Hinds regarding the tax credit caseload and flows
10 Nov 2015 From committee Letter to Lord Freud regarding tax credit data
10 Nov 2015 From committee Letter to Torsten Bell of Resolution Foundation regarding tax credits
3 Nov 2015 From committee Letter to Damian Hinds MP regarding tax credit data
30 Oct 2015 From committee Letter to George Osborne regarding tax credit analysis