{"id":11237,"date":"2011-07-28T21:45:03","date_gmt":"2011-07-28T20:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=11237"},"modified":"2011-07-28T21:45:03","modified_gmt":"2011-07-28T20:45:03","slug":"hmrc-ignoring-tax-avoidance-being-uncharitable-on-error","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2011\/07\/28\/hmrc-ignoring-tax-avoidance-being-uncharitable-on-error\/","title":{"rendered":"HMRC, ignoring tax avoidance, being uncharitable on error"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.private-eye.co.uk\/sections.php?section_link=in_the_back&amp;issue=1291\">From Private Eye<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Good to see that HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) knows who the real tax-dodging villains are in Britain. Having let Vodafone and Goldman Sachs off millions in tax, it\u2019s been commendably ruthless with\u2026 a small charity for disabled children. ...<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<div>The charity has been whacked with a \u00a316,000 tax bill, dating from an accounting error made in the early 1990s when the centre was run by completely different people. The charity has been given a year to find the cash, which will eat up the proceeds of dozens of the raffles, sponsored walks and coffee mornings that usually keep the service afloat.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>We can't comment on their particular tax bill, but we do wonder if the Big Boys would have faced the same treatment. Private Eye observes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\"Meanwhile, why does accountancy firm Deloitte remain such a favourite of HM Revenue and Customs\u2019 tax boss when it is arguably the biggest tax avoidance drain on the British economy? A parliamentary question from Tory MP David Davis reveals that HMRC\u2019s business-friendly tax boss Dave Hartnett has met Deloitte UK chairman David Cruickshank no fewer than 48 times since 2006.<br \/>\n. . .<br \/>\nUnder Cruickshank the firm\u2019s tax division, a tribunal recently exposed, also ran a \u00a3140m scheme for bankers from Deutsche Bank to dodge tax on their bonuses via a Cayman Islands share scheme. . . . this exploits tax laws that industry specifically asked for to help investment, even a member of the tax industry told the Eye: \u201cIt really is taking the piss.\"<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read the rest\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.private-eye.co.uk\/sections.php?section_link=in_the_back&amp;issue=1291\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One set of rules for the elites, another for the rest of us.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Note: <a href=\"http:\/\/taxjustice.blogspot.com\/2011\/07\/tax-is-for-small-people-and-worse.html\" target=\"_blank\">reposted from Tax\u00a0Justice\u00a0Network Blog, with permission<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Private Eye: Good to see that HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) knows who the real tax-dodging villains are in Britain. Having let Vodafone and<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2011\/07\/28\/hmrc-ignoring-tax-avoidance-being-uncharitable-on-error\/\"><em> Read the full article&#8230;<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ethics","category-hmrc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11237\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}