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Fifty-Fifth Report - Environmental tax measures
Public Accounts Committee
HC 937
Published 28 April 2021
Government response
Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Fifty-fifth report from Session 2019-21 · published 2 Sep 2021
Recommendations & Conclusions
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Recommendation
Deferred
In September 2020, the Institute for Government called for HM Treasury to publish a tax...
Recommendation
In September 2020, the Institute for Government called for HM Treasury to publish a tax roadmap to net zero, showing taxpayers how and when taxes might change.37 More recently, in February 2021, the House of Commons Treasury Committee recommended that …
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Government Response Summary
The government agrees with the recommendation but commits only to writing to the Committee on the pros and cons of setting out a longer-term roadmap on tax and net zero, noting that decisions on publication are for Ministers.
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Conclusion
Deferred
Against this background, we asked HM Treasury whether it would publish its plans so that...
Conclusion
Against this background, we asked HM Treasury whether it would publish its plans so that taxpayers may prepare for how and when taxes might need to change in order to achieve net zero. HM Treasury said that it was sure …
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Government Response Summary
The government agrees with the recommendation but commits only to writing to the Committee on the pros and cons of setting out a longer-term roadmap on tax and net zero, noting that decisions on publication are for Ministers.
HM Treasury
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