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.
Read the full article…
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
Read the full article…
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
Read the full article…
Why has Lin Homer become Dame Lin?
Lin Homer is the chief executive of HM Revenue & Customs. It was announced that she is to become Dame Lin Homer in the New Years
Read the full article…
HMRC don’t prosecute the right people – and almost no one for corporate tax fraud
There are two charts in the National Audit Office report on HMRC’s abysmal record on estimating the scale of and then tackling tax fraud that
Read the full article…
The National Audit Office fails to ask the right questions of HMRC on the tax gap
The National Audit Office has published another dire report, only a day after it completely missed the target with its review of NHS trusts. This time
Read the full article…
The Office for Budget Responsibility have their doubts about HMRC’s digital plans
I am not a fan of HMRC’s plans to digitise tax services. I note I am not the only one with doubts. The Office for Budget
Read the full article…
When HMRC can do basic tax calculations they can go digital but right now they can’t
I have been commenting on HMRC’s plans to make all tax services digital. I do not believe this will (and maybe even can) work. Let
Read the full article…
HMRC’s new digital burdens on business agenda only applies to small businesses. Why are big ones to be let off?
If you read HMRC’s plan to impose the burden of quarterly digital accounting on business with care you rapidly realise it is only going to
Read the full article…

Buy me a coffee!
