The next round of Margaret Hodge’s challenge to tax avoiders has been announced: Book your seats now.
Is HMRC really tackling the tax gap when it’s lost 43% of its staff in a decade?
Is it really business as usual at HMRC as ministers support its persecution of a whistleblower?
As the Guardian has reported overnight: The minister in charge of tax expressed support for a strategy to undermine evidence from a whistleblower who uncovered the notorious Goldman
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Should the Independent Police Complaints Commission investigate Dave Hartnett’s actions on Goldman Sachs?
Today’s hearing brought by UK Uncut is bringing out serious and new evidence on HMRC’s dealings with Goldman Sachs, especially with regard to the evidence from Dave Hartnett. Some
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Come on Dave Hartnett, that’s just not credible
I’ve just posted an email written by Dave Hartnett disclosed this morning as part of UK Uncut’s legal action against HMRC on Goldman Sachs. That
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I think there’s a technical term for an email like this, but I’m too polite to use it
This comes from the UK Uncut legal case: Two things stand out. First a senior member of the department made a mistake. It’s obvious
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HMRC let Goldman Sachs off tax to avoid ‘major embarrassment’ for George Osborne
The following is from UK Uncut, this morning: In the legal case against HMRC over the ‘sweetheart’ tax deal with Goldman Sachs, details have emerged
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I think HMRC should realise that in all things to do with tax telling the truth pays
As the FT has reported, possibly in the context of the UK UNcut legal action today: HM Revenue & Customs has responded strongly over a
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HMRC in the High Court over Goldman Sachs ‘Sweetheart’ tax deal
Today the High Court will hear evidence in the full hearing of the legal case against HMRC over the Goldman Sachs ‘sweetheart’ tax deal. The
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