Removal of Cheques for VAT payments

The request was successful.

Dear HM Revenue & Customs,

The recent Treasury Committee review on cheques has concluded that a number of small businesses make good use of cheques and find it an economic way to track funds made from the company.
It was presented that the costs associated with making cheque payments were far less to businesses than the costs of making electronic payments.
The committee also concluded that the customers should have a choice of which method was best for them when making payments.
Why does HMRC insist that payments should be made electronically only - when members of parliament are against the demise of the cheque and were adamant that customers should be allowed freedom of choice.
It appears to the outside that one side of Government has one view while HMRC has another.
Please confirm if cheque payments are allowed to make VAT payments.
If they are then the HMRC web site will need to be amended to clearly offer this choice to companies paying VAT.

Yours faithfully,

Mr P Farley

Request, FOI (Security Cen Pol FOI ), HM Revenue and Customs

1 Attachment

<<FOI 1390-10 A Farley Acknowledgement Letter.pdf>>
Message sent on behalf of the Freedom of Information Team

The information in this e-mail and any attachments is confidential and may
be subject to legal professional privilege. Unless you are the intended
recipient or his/her representative you are not authorised to, and must
not, read, copy, distribute, use or retain this message or any part of it.
If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender
immediately.

HM Revenue & Customs computer systems will be monitored and communications
carried on them recorded, to secure the effective operation of the system
and for lawful purposes.

The Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs are not liable for any
personal views of the sender.

This e-mail may have been intercepted and its information altered.

show quoted sections

Communications via the GSi may be automatically logged, monitored and/or
recorded for legal purposes.

Chance, Teresa (CenPOL), HM Revenue and Customs

1 Attachment

Dear Mr Farley,

Please find attached HMRC's response to your recent request.

Yours sincerely

Teresa Chance

The information in this e-mail and any attachments is confidential and may
be subject to legal professional privilege. Unless you are the intended
recipient or his/her representative you are not authorised to, and must
not, read, copy, distribute, use or retain this message or any part of it.
If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender
immediately.

HM Revenue & Customs computer systems will be monitored and communications
carried on them recorded, to secure the effective operation of the system
and for lawful purposes.

The Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs are not liable for any
personal views of the sender.

This e-mail may have been intercepted and its information altered.

show quoted sections

Communications via the GSi may be automatically logged, monitored and/or
recorded for legal purposes.

Chance, Teresa (CenPOL), HM Revenue and Customs

1 Attachment

Dear Mr Farley,

Please find attached HMRC's response to your recent request.

Yours sincerely

Teresa Chance

show quoted sections

Dear HM Revenue & Customs,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of HM Revenue & Customs's handling of my FOI request 'Removal of Cheques for VAT payments'.

Your reply did not agree with the Treasury Committee on the need to review the Payments Council attempt at setting a 2018 date for the removal of cheques.
It also had evidence that the cost to small businesses to make electronic payments are greater than by cheque.
The underlying message was that people should have a choice on how to pay bills, which does not appear to be the case with HM Revenue and Customs

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/re...

Yours faithfully,

Mr P Farley

Request, FOI (Security Cen Pol FOI ), HM Revenue and Customs

1 Attachment

Mr Farley,

Please find the response to your request for an Internal review of your
Freedom of Information request, reference FOI 1390/10.

Tony High.

The information in this e-mail and any attachments is confidential and may
be subject to legal professional privilege. Unless you are the intended
recipient or his/her representative you are not authorised to, and must
not, read, copy, distribute, use or retain this message or any part of it.
If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender
immediately.

HM Revenue & Customs computer systems will be monitored and communications
carried on them recorded, to secure the effective operation of the system
and for lawful purposes.

The Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs are not liable for any
personal views of the sender.

This e-mail may have been intercepted and its information altered.

show quoted sections

Communications via the GSi may be automatically logged, monitored and/or
recorded for legal purposes.