HMRC has sacked thousands of its staff in the last year. All of them did invaluable work collecting the tax that might prevent austerity, preserve
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As the BBC has noted: The Public Accounts Committee has criticised HM Revenue & Customs for its “unacceptably slow” action against tax avoiders. Margaret Hodge,
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HMRC has just announced that two-thirds of the 800 biggest businesses operating in the United Kingdom are under enquiry. According to a press release they
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According to the Guardian, and I suspect that they have their source is right, the government is saying that the mailshot of tax statements to
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I was at the Public Accounts Committee tax conference yesterday and if I get time will note a number of reactions today. What was immediately
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The UK has an Office for Budget Responsibility. I admit I have my doubts about it, and its independence. There are good reasons for that.
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I am aware that there are some who think my criticism of HMRC’s tax gap report was on the heavy side yesterday. In particular, they
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I have often said that I think it wholly inappropriate that HMRC’s board only has non-executive directors who represent the interests of big business. No
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I take it as read that HMRC’s tax gap data is nonsense: I have explained why that has to be the case many times, most
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