Environmental tax measures

Public Accounts Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 1 Feb 2021 Closed: 28 Jun 2021 Parliament page
Tax measures which have an environmental impact act alongside government’s wider environmental objectives. As these objectives have become more ambitious, the role of the tax system may become more important. HM Treasury’s 2020-21 review into funding the transition to a net zero greenhouse gas economy explicitly plans to “consider the … Read more
6 Recommendations
29 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
1 Letter
1 Event
Activity timeline 4 events
2 Sep
2021
Report published
28 Apr
2021
Report published
16 Apr
2021
Correspondence
8 Mar
2021
Oral evidence
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
8 Mar 2021
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Environmental tax measures
Beth Russell · HM Treasury Jim Harra · HMRC Ruth Stanier · HM Revenue and Customs Sir Tom Scholar · HM Treasury
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Fifty-Fifth Report - Environmental tax measures HC 937 28 Apr 2021 35 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
2 results
Clear
20 Recommendation Deferred
Fifty-Fifth Report - Environmental…
In September 2020, the Institute for Government called for HM Treasury to publish a tax...
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 … Read more
Government Response
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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21 Conclusion Deferred
Fifty-Fifth Report - Environmental…
Against this background, we asked HM Treasury whether it would publish its plans so that...
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 … Read more
Government Response
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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Government Response AI assessment · 34 of 6 classified
Accepted 8
Accepted in Part 5
Acknowledged 3
Deferred 2
Not Addressed 7
Rejected 9
Total 6 recs + 29 conclusions
Correspondence 1 letter
16 Apr 2021 Correspondence from Tom Scholar, Permanent Secretary, HM Treasury, re Public Accounts Committee – Session of 8 March 2021, 24 March 2021
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