HMRC have published new qualitative research on the attitudes of those given custodial sentences for tax evasion. I have not read it all in detail
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Before the May election Labour promised that it would undertake a review of HMRC if it was returned to power.  It wasn’t, of course, but
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The FT has a ‘long read’ article this morning entitled HMRC: The taxman cometh By Tom Burgis and Vanessa Houlder the subtitle is: UK authorities
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I was invited by the Fabians to contribute a chapter on the governance of HMRC for their new book on tax: You can download it
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The government has issued a flood of new tax consultations, almost as if they wish to overwhelm the market and make sure only very limited
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HMRC published a new consultation document on increasing large business tax compliance yesterday. I welcome it. Tax avoidance or ‘aggressive tax planning’ Tax avoidance or
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The National Audit Office issued its report on the annual report of HM Revenue & Customs on Friday. It’s a good job it did as
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HMRC has published a new review of large business tax practice. This will reward some study, but page 10 provides a lot of support for
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As I have noted here, time and again, George Osborne has always made the most extraordinary assumptions about the growth in self assess income tax
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