Consultation outcome

Tackling the hidden economy by expanding tax conditionality to new sectors

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Detail of outcome

The government has published a summary of responses to the consultation ‘Tackling the hidden economy by expanding tax conditionality to new sectors’, which discussed applying conditionality to licences in the waste and animal welfare sectors and additional transport licences. The government is grateful to those who contributed their views, evidence, and time to respond.

The response document provides a summary of these views and feedback, as well as setting out the government response and next steps to expand the tax conditionality tax check rules to new sectors.

The government will undertake further engagement before confirming when the changes will take effect and publish draft legislation and a technical consultation.


Original consultation

Summary

This consultation discusses expanding the existing ‘tax conditionality’ approach, which aims to tackle the hidden economy, to further suitable licensing regimes.

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Consultation description

The government would like to hear from those involved with licences, registrations, exemptions and permits in the following sectors:

  • waste
  • animal welfare
  • vehicles in the taxi and private hire sector

These include licence applicants, licensing bodies and providers, their representatives or professional bodies, and professional bodies with expertise in tax administration.

Documents

Updates to this page

Published 30 October 2024
Last updated 26 November 2025 show all updates
  1. Added summary of responses.

  2. First published.

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