From the Observer this morning: Ministers have been accused of reneging on commitments to open government after it emerged that HM Revenue and Customs had
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As the FT Adviser notes: Christos Charalambous completed more than 6000 self-assessment tax returns for clients, which included fictitious expenses claims in order to increase
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Computer Weekly reports that HM Revenue & Customs has frozen spending on IT. This form a department that admits there are 12 serious flaws in
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Sometimes the tax profession gets things right. This has just posspoed into my inbox from the Low Income Tax Reform Group — sponsored by the
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As Zoe Williams in the Guardian has noted: The tax office has finally disclosed how many people were hit by glitches in a new computer
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A commentator on the blog this morning said, in response to a piece on country-by-country reporting: Could you outline how you expect the information to
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HMRC staff and service levels stretched. Yet more evidence that the tax profession agrees with union PCS that staff cuts at HMRC make no sense
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Advisers warn of taxing times ahead with Lib-Con coalition – Accountancy Age. I was speaking at the PCS annual conference today in support of my
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Vince Cable skewered as ex-Revenue chief ridicules Clegg’s claim he can fund £17bn tax cut | Mail Online. The Mail is having a lovely time
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