It is rare that I unambiguously welcome a government press release, but presuming that this one means what it says, I do: Accountants, tax planners
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I took part in the HMRC consultation on its plan to cease publication of wealth statistics. As a result I was pleased to get this
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I have campaigned for more resources for HMRC for many years. My argument is in essence very simple. It makes no sense at all when
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The Guardian has reported that: Amazon is quietly rooting out many of its Chinese traders who do not hold UK VAT numbers to try to
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The All Party Parliamentary Group on Responsible Taxation recently submitted a draft call for evidence for an inquiry into the operations of HMRC. It was
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I am worried about the new chief executive of HMRC. Jon Thompson, who like his predecessor, has no knowledge of tax having spent the last
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I wrote yesterday about the attack by the Institute of Economic Affairs on Oxfam suggesting that the claim that Oxfam were avoiding tax in two
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Having arrived back from Washington overnight I am now heading, a little bleary eyed, to Brighton to speak at the PCS Union conference. PCs does,
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The Guardian reported today that: Tracey McDermott, acting chief executive of the FCA, [appearing before the Treasury Select Committee] … was … asked about the scale
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