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PAYMASTER GENERAL: RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Strategic oversight of taxation as a whole, including overall responsibility for the Finance Bill, closer working between Inland Revenue and Customs & Excise (including with other departments), and European and international tax issues;

  • Departmental Minister for Inland Revenue and the Valuation Office;

  • Personal taxation (except company car tax, savings and pensions), national insurance contributions and tax credits;

  • Direct business taxation and tax aspects of the enterprise agenda, including: corporation tax, North Sea taxation, share schemes, small firms and venture capital;

  • Capital Gains Tax;

  • Inheritance Tax;

  • Treasury interest in childcare issues;

  • Regulatory Reform Minister for the Chancellor’s departments; and

  • Welfare Reform Group (welfare fraud).

 

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