The Parliamentary Accounts Committee has issued a report saying it is not convinced by HMRC’s logic that sacking staff pays. It has said that if
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The Associated Press summary of the Parliamentary Accounts Committee report on the effectiveness of HMRC says: Job cuts among revenue officials meant GBP1.1 billion less unpaid tax was recouped than
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The Public Accounts Committee has published a new report on the effectiveness of HMRC. Its chair, Margaret Hodge MP has said: There is at least £35 billion outstanding in uncollected
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The FT reported on HMRC’s rebuttal of my work on the tax gap yesterday, saying: Revenue & Customs slammed claims that tax-dodging costs the country £120bn
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HMRC’s attack on my work on the tax gap is almost amusing in some ways. Amongst their claims is one that says total tax avoidance
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In HMRC’s response to my work on the tax gap, published by the Treasury Select Committee today, they say: Non-payment The figure for unpaid tax
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I’ve just re-published HMRC’s new commentary on my work on the Tax Gap, published by the Treasury Select Committee. I suspect no one will be surprised to hear that I
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It’s not very often HMRC and Parliament dedicate a chunk of a publication to my work, but the Treasury Select Committee have done so this morning,
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I spoke at the RSA this lunchtime. I gather a video of the event will be available on line. The theme was  ‘Should Tax Be
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