The Treasury Select Committee is issuing a report in the morning on the tax gap. I gave evidence at the hearings that resulted in this
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Perhaps the most important part of my new TUC report on the 50p tax rate is my new estimate of the tax that this rate
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I was very amused to meet David Gauke in London today. He has long avoided such a meeting, but when we walked slap bang into
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Accountancy Age has reported: THE NEW “assurance commissioner” who will oversee big tax disputes should be appointed from outside HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), tax experts
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The Independent Chief Inspector of the UK Borders Agency has issued a damning report on its management. Its Chief Executive from 2008 to 2010, when
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The Redknapp case is another embarrassment for HMRC and the City police. Let’s get the obvious point out of the way: Redknapp has been found innocent. End of
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It’s been revealed that H M Revenue & Customs’ bad debt in 2009-10 was £10.9 billion. According to HMRC’s accounts the provision was £10 billion in
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It’s been revealed that the UK’s national accounts for 2009-10 include tax bad debt of £10.9 billion. I found this interesting. That’s because, as regular readers will
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The news was full of the story that 1 million people will pay £100 fines for submitting their tax returns late yesterday. Except they won’t.
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