2019 Loan Charge

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Dear HM Revenue and Customs,

My request concerns the 2019 disguised remuneration loan charge.

1) Was it HMRC or the Government who originally came up with the idea of a loan charge?

2) When was the idea first broached?

3) When did the Government and HMRC agree to introduce loan charge legislation?

4) When did HMRC first start working on the legislation?

For (2) to (4), month and year will suffice.

Yours faithfully,

Martin James

foi.team@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk on behalf of FOI Central Team, HM Revenue and Customs

Our ref: FOI2018/00884

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Dear Mr James,

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Yours sincerely,

Freedom of Information Team