The following are on the Guardian letters page this morning. I am a signatory to both: The public accounts committee’s report into HMRC’s tax settlements made for compelling
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There’s a fascinating editorial in the FT today. It says: The need for austerity has forced the government to increase the burden on British taxpayers.
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I’ve just discovered my broadcast on Sky yesterday morning is available on the web, here. Live from my Downham Market studio! Good job the camera didn’t sweep
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This is from the Channel 4 web site, and yes, I am the Mr Murphy in question: Following the outcry over the PAC’s report, Mr
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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