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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Developing Countries: Taxation (11 February 2016)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department has made an assessment of the effects on the tax revenue of developing countries of tax treaties with the UK.

Asked by:
Imran Hussain (Labour)

Answer

HMRC actively engages with developing countries and has recently agreed treaties with Senegal and Zambia. Tax treaties encourage the appropriate tax treatment of cross-border economic activity, promote international trade and investment and ultimately lead to sustainable tax revenues.


Answered by:
Mr Nick Hurd (Conservative)
22 February 2016

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