{"id":19191,"date":"2013-02-07T14:08:25","date_gmt":"2013-02-07T14:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=19191"},"modified":"2013-02-07T17:51:29","modified_gmt":"2013-02-07T17:51:29","slug":"hmrc-are-going-to-lose-more-than-6-of-staff-tackling-tax-avoidance-and-evasion-in-the-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2013\/02\/07\/hmrc-are-going-to-lose-more-than-6-of-staff-tackling-tax-avoidance-and-evasion-in-the-next-year\/","title":{"rendered":"HMRC are going to lose more than 6% of staff tackling tax avoidance and evasion in the next year"},"content":{"rendered":"

I noticed an exchange in Parliament yesterday<\/a>, albeit in\u00a0written\u00a0answers, in which Catherine McKinnell MP asked David Gauke MP, the\u00a0minister\u00a0she\u00a0shadows:<\/p>\n

How many staff he expects to be employed in each area of\u00a0HM Revenue and Customs<\/a>' activity on 31 March\u00a0(a)<\/i>\u00a02013 and\u00a0(b)<\/i>\u00a02014?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Gauke answered with this table:<\/p>\n

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So, with the exception of enforcement and compliance (which is a pretty generic term for tax\u00a0return\u00a0processing in many cases and where the increase relates very largely to \u00a0some extra staff under the supposed 'reinvestment' scheme) HMRC is going to see significant falls in front line staff,\u00a0especially\u00a0in personal tax where\u00a0service\u00a0has been\u00a0particularly\u00a0poor.<\/p>\n

That's especially true amongst specialists tackling business \u00a0tax (where most evasion takes place),\u00a0corporate\u00a0tax (where most high end abuse takes place) and personal tax (where most straightforward moonlighting and non-declaration\u00a0occurs.<\/p>\n

No wonder the Public Accounts Committee says\u00a0H M Revenue & Customs is not serious about the tax gap. How can they be when in all areas where they've got to address it then will be between 6% and over 11 staff down in the next year.<\/p>\n

This is no way to run a tax authority.<\/p>\n

And it's no way to clear a\u00a0deficit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I noticed an exchange in Parliament yesterday, albeit in\u00a0written\u00a0answers, in which Catherine McKinnell MP asked David Gauke MP, the\u00a0minister\u00a0she\u00a0shadows: How many staff he expects to
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