I don’t often feature the UKIP website here. In fact, I’ve never done so before. But this caught my eye from 2 April: Two of the
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It’s time to shake up the management at HMRC
I have argued for some time that the management of HMRC needs to be radically reformed. My focus has been on the non-executives, whose collective
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Were the Vodafone and Goldman Sachs tax settlements really value for money?
The Guardian makes new revelations this morning on the Vodafone and Goldman Sachs debacles that cam to characterise the closing years of Dave Hartnett’s time
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HMRC’s logic for closing 281 tax advice centres is utterly bankrupt – and all to save less than Starbucks are paying over the next two years
The FT has repeated HMRC’s justification for announcing the close of 281 tax advice centres, saying: HMRC blamed a lack of demand from taxpayers for
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Closing 281 tax advice centres is another sign of the failed management logic of HMRC
The Guardian has reported this morning that: HM Revenue and Customs is shutting all of its 281 inquiry centres, which provide face-to-face help on tax, and replacing them
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Could HMRC be trusted to oversee auditors when it’s now dominated by the Big 4 and commercial interests?
There’s an interesting comment on the blog this morning from Tim Knight that says: It seems to me that the auditor of an enterprise ought to be
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Is HMRC institutionally biased? It’s a question that needs to be answered
I have commented on the surprising choice of names of those making settlement with HMRC, published yesterday. Ivan Horrocks of the Open University, a regular
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HMRC do an offshore tax prosecution – and it’s another dodgy trader from the north west. What is going on?
The FT reports this morning: Two businessmen were jailed on Wednesday after pleading guilty to lying about cash they hid outside the UK, in the
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Could it be that only ‘little people’ are named and shamed for not paying tax?
Accountancy Age (and many others) have reported: HM Revenue & Customs have today published the names of tax defaulters on their website for the first
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