This table comes from HMRC’s 2011-12 accounts, just published: Note which tax has by far the biggest write offs: it’s VAT. OK, 200 million was
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HMRC have only got 4,000 companies under investigation? That’s one in 700
The FT’s reported on yesterday’s Parliamentary Accounts Committee hearing on HMRC’s handling of tax cases, noting: More than 4,000 companies are currently under investigation by
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UK Uncut: challenging the dangerously cosy relationship between HMRC and big business
I have already noted that HMRC’s settlement of five major tax cases on little stronger basis than a negotiation recorded on the back of a
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Hartnett was out of control
Reuters reported this morning on yesterday’s National Audit Office report on Dave Hartnett’s settlement regime at HMRC. As they, kindly, summarise it: While the NAO
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How can HMRC be serious about large company tax abuse when they’re cutting the staff who tackle it by 20%
Graham Black of the Association of Revenue & Customs – the union for senior staff at H M Revenue & Customs – had a first rate
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Hartnett’s worst moment?
This comes from the new HMRC business plan, published today: I’ve just posted on the battle to tax offshore accounts. This was the moment when
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HMRC say their vision is to close the tax gap – by sacking 10,000 of their staff
H M Revenue & Customs published their new business plan this morning. I got sent a copy by a friendly MP. They say their number
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The Association of Revenue & Customs say the government’s anti avoidance rule may actually help the cheats
The Association of Revenue and Customs is the part of the First Division Association the senior staff and managers at H M Revenue & Customs. In
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The UK may have signed a dodgy deal with the Swiss but the Germans are seeing sense
It now looks likely that German opposition party leaders have continued to oppose the signing of a “Rubik” tax deal with Switzerland. As has been
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