HMRC issued\u00a0their\u00a0stuff with 20 rebuttals of the allegations\u00a0made\u00a0by the\u00a0Parliamentary\u00a0Accounts\u00a0Committee\u00a0before Christmas. I got sent a copy. I was fascinated by one comment:<\/p>\n
17. HMRC have very few people with \u201cdeep knowledge of tax affairs\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n
<\/strong>We have more than 15,000 people working in tax professional roles here in HMRC. Most are expert in tax law and more than 2,000 have completed our four-year tax training and development programme. Our Tax Academy will ensure that we have the right number of tax professionals going forward.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
So there are 2,000 fully trained people at HMRC.<\/p>\n
The Chartered Institute of Tax has 15,000 members<\/a>.<\/p>\n
And add to that the members specialising in tax in the ICAEW, ACCA, Law Society, The Bar, Scottish and Irish institutes, and many more.<\/p>\n
In that case does anyone think 2,000 fully qualified tax inspectors is enough? Only Dave Hartnett, presumably.<\/p>\n
When will we start investing properly in tax collection and stop these people on whom the tax life blood of our economy\u00a0depends\u00a0being\u00a0outnumbered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
HMRC issued\u00a0their\u00a0stuff with 20 rebuttals of the allegations\u00a0made\u00a0by the\u00a0Parliamentary\u00a0Accounts\u00a0Committee\u00a0before Christmas. I got sent a copy. I was fascinated by one comment: 17. HMRC have very
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