Louise Haigh – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-02-19.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for how long HM Revenue and Customs is required to keep records on individual tax credit cases.

Mr David Gauke

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) retains records of tax credit claims for the tax year of the claim plus five years.

The length of time HMRC is required to retain other tax credit records is depends on the type of record retained. Retention periods for individual documents can be found at:

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/tcmanual/tcm0322580.htm

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