United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 85666
Artificial Intelligence: Employers' Contributions
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27 October 2025
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4 November 2025 · Answer
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Artificial intelligence
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4 November 2025
Summary
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has considered the potential merits of requiring businesses to pay a tax equivalent to employer National Insurance contributions for each AI agent that performs tasks previously done by people.
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27 October 2025
Written question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has considered the potential merits of requiring businesses to pay a tax equivalent to employer National Insurance contributions for each AI agent that performs tasks previously done by people.
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4 November 2025
Answer
Employer National Insurance Contributions (NICs) are charged based on employee earnings. As AI agents do not receive earnings, it is not clear on what basis employer NICs would be levied.
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-10-27/85666
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1845491
- uk · wq-1845491 · source updated 4 November 2025