38 Degrees is running a campaign to demand better accountability at HMRC. You can sign up here. The demand is for better independent directors of
Read the full article…
The cosiness of the tax avoidance industry
This is my friend Prof Prem Sikka in the Guardian yesterday: [The Parliamentary Accounts Committee] laments HMRC’s cosy relationship with large companies, but is silent on the
Read the full article…
Tax need not be an ethics free zone – what we need is a Code of Conduct
What the PAC report on HMRC’s management of the tax affairs of large corporations has shown is that tax management has become an ethics free zone. That need not
Read the full article…
UK Uncut Legal Action starts legal proceedings against HMRC over Goldman Sachs tax bill
UK Uncut Legal Action have announced this morning that they will issue legal proceedings against HMRC on Thursday 22 Dec. Their press release says: Adding to the parliamentary pressure on HMRC this week
Read the full article…
HMRC: stopping the rot
The Guardian argues with regard to HMRC this morning that: The permanent secretary has already said he will retire, but the rot at the top
Read the full article…
We must retore the belief in tax
The Parliamentary Accounts Committee has said today that there must be a detailed review of errors made in tax settlement cases by HMRC, and that
Read the full article…
HMRC is neither fair nor even handed
This comes from the Parliamentary Accounts Committee report published this morning on HMRC: The Department is not being even handed in its treatment of taxpayers. It is
Read the full article…
The Parliamentary Accounts Committee report on HMRC: the press release in full
This is the text of the full Parliamentary Accounts Committee press release on H M Revenue & Customs issued at 00.01 today: HM Revenue and Customs
Read the full article…
Are Vodafone being just a little defensive?
As I’ve mentioned, the Parliamentary Accounts Committee is reporting on HMRC tomorrow – focusing in no small part on its deal with Vodafone. Yesterday in the Telegraph Vodafone put in a pre-emptive
Read the full article…