PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Self-assessment: Proof of Identity (27 January 2021)

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason HMRC do not accept Commonwealth, EU or other overseas passports as proof of identification for people completing their self-assessment tax returns online.

Asked by:
Taiwo Owatemi (Labour)

HMRC do not have access to other countries’ passport databases so they are unable to check the validity of overseas passports in the same way as they can with UK passports.
Answered by:
Jesse Norman (Conservative)
4 February 2021