The Guardian notes:
Thousands of taxpayers were overcharged in 2009-10 by HM Revenue & Customs, which collected an "unacceptable" £238m too much tax as a result of PAYE errors. The latest figure represents a 148% increase on the £96m HMRC overcharged in 2008-09.
There is an answer, of course.
The answer is more tax inspectors.
But HMRC sacked 5,000 last year.
And it wants to sack more.
Which is dogma driven madness.
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Indeed it is, Richard, and if you haven’t already come across it you’d almost certainly find the discussion of HMRC (pages 155- 161) in John Seddon’s (2008) book ‘Systems Thinking in the Public Sector’ very insightful. Indeed the whole of Chapter 11 is devoted to a withering critique of Sir David Varney’s impact on government reform following his time at HMRC.
There is an answer, of course.
The answer is more tax inspectors.
No, the answer is a simpler tax regime.
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@Ivan Horrocks
Thanks
Ordered a copy
@PJH
How are you going to make PAYE simpler? Its pretty straightforward.
@PJH
That requires a General Anti-Avoidance Principle
Until see support for that I won’t believe any government believes in simpler tax