Margaret Hodge has written about Google’s tax affairs in the Observer today. After saying that the settlement made appears far too low the core of
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What does the Google deal really say?
I have nothing to add to the detail I wrote on the Google deal after reflecting on it overnight. I do have some broader reflections
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Google’s tax deal is another HMRC big business disaster
In a slight twist to my planned Friday evening the BBC called me a little before eight tonight to ask if I minded being on
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Should Dame Lin Homer be saying people are not liable to pay VAT when she admits she does not know?
Watch this hearing before the Public Accounts Committee from 15.52 onwards where Dame Lin Homer is questioned about the Amazon and eBay VAT scandals. Lin
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Why was a blind eye turned on HSBC and its clients?
As the Guardian reports: HM Revenue and Customs has wound up its inquiries into claims that hundreds of British customers used HSBC’s Swiss bank to
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Lin Homer is leaving HMRC
This has just been announced: Lin Homer has announced today that she is to leave HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in April, after more than
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£117 billion needs to be better spent
The FT carries a headline this morning that says: Rightly, the article says that calls for a review of the spends is overdue. I agree.
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Is HMRC well managed?
This is from the 2015 HMRC staff survey (click on the image for a bigger version): Overall HMRC only managed a 30% positive rating on
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HMRC’s new year’s resolution should be to start telling the truth
This is from a press release issued by HM Revenue & Customs today, no doubt to puff Lin Homer’s damehood: This is from a press release
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