The Independent has made a bit of a splash this morning on the fact that George Osborne has mislead parliament on the amount of tax
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HMRC’s senior management have done some quite bizarre things over they years since it was created to the point that I presumed that there was
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I have not commented in any depth on the newly contentious issues of follower notices and accelerated payment notices that have, as a result of
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Tax barrister Jolyon Maugham is rapidly becoming one of the leading commentators in the tax debate in the UK, with a welcome left of centre
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A month ago I wrote that HMRC’s claimed ‘compliance yield’ was, to be polite, pretty much made up. The National Audit Office put it more
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The National Audit Office’s report on HMRC’s 2013-14 accounts includes some pretty damning commentary on its work in closing the tax gap – or increasing
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This chart comes from a National Audit Office publication issued today as a result of their review of HMRC’s 2013-14 accounts. I cannot as yet
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I took part in the annual Wyman tax debate at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales last night. The debate was on
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I was assured last night by a former very senior member of staff at HMRC staff that he thought much of what I said was
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