Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans for the simplification of the tax system; and if he will make a statement.

The government aims to have a tax system that is simple to understand and easy to comply with.

In 2010 we set up the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) as an independent Office of the Treasury to provide advice on how to simplify the tax system. The OTS was made permanent and statutory in 2016. This ensures it is in the best possible position to provide robust advice to the Chancellor on simplifying the tax system.

The OTS has made over 400 recommendations to simplify the tax system, over half of which have already been implemented by the Government.