A number of people have asked me what I would do if I was to head HMRC, as the Telegraph noted John McDonnell suggested I
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According to the Telegraph, in 2012 John McDonnell: advocated placing left-wing economists in key jobs at the Bank of England and HMRC. He said: “On
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As the Telegraph has reported tonight: Britain is facing a £1.7billion fine from the EU for allowing criminal gangs to flood European black markets with
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I am grateful to a number of commentators on input on this issue. The House of Lords hearing has now got some media coverage, at
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I have already noted the report I have written in preparation for giving evidence on HMRC’s Making Tax Digital (MTD) programme to the House of
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I issued this press release  last night: Making Tax Digital  HMRC gets its estimates seriously wrong and small business will pay £1.8 billion as a
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I was expecting to spend today at a conference. But I am not doing that. The House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee has instead commissioned
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The Public Accounts Committee has produced yet another report on the failings of HMRC, but this time with even more consistently critical language. Here are
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I was going to write a blog this morning highlighting the concerns that the Public Accounts Committee have raised about HMRC’s favourable tax service to
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