It is rare that I agree with Chas Roy-Chowdhury at the ACCA, but I do on this one:
Chas Roy-Chowdhury head of tax at ACCA said: "If the govt wants to fill the so -called tax gap and wants the tax system to operate effectively then they should not cut [ HMRC jobs and budget.]
We have already seen at least 20,000 jobs cut since 2005 therefore HMRC have already done there part. We cannot see how HMRC will be able to cope if it has another 20,000 head count reduction."
I gather it’s not 20,000. It’s only 10,000 according to reports in some papers today — which is 14% of staff.
But the tax gap will rise significantly as a result. I guarantee it. And this is sheer folly and shows just how ideologically driven these cuts are.
The thought that Osborne could not organise the proverbial in a brewery does cross my mind, often.
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Message from Lesley Strathie on the HMRC intranet today states 13,000 job losses in HMRC by 2015 slimming down to 56000. She makes much of the 900 million to tackle compliance. But as you correctly pointed out this is just a cut foregone, They are in fact cutting by over a £billion. The job cut shows the reality.
Its 13000 equivalent fulltime posts actually.
I note netherlands tax authorities have staff of 30000 to deal with 16 million taxpayers.
we’ll have 56000 to deal with 65 million.
nevermind new computer sytems will solve all of HMRCs problems. 🙄
@lions after slumber
I find it utterly baffling that anyone could believe that this is the right course of action at this point of time for our economy, but apparently they do
I am left questioning competence
and sure that the need to oppose these cuts is stronger than ever