Speeches

Lord Storey – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Storey on 2016-04-13.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what tools are available to the Inland Revenue to ensure that local employees at foreign embassies in London pay their tax, apart from individuals voluntarily registering for Self Assessment.

Lord O’Neill of Gatley

HM Revenue and Customs have a specialist team to deal with the tax affairs of locally engaged staff employed at foreign embassies and International organisations in the UK. The team is tasked with ensuring that these employees pay the appropriate tax and National Insurance.