I've lifted the link and quote below from Accountancy Age published today.
Hodge appointed to head new tax responsibility committee - 16 Sep 2015 - Accountancy Age
Hodge (pictured) said: "In recent years the issue of who pays tax and how much they pay has really struck a chord with the public. We want Parliament to continue to play a key role in building and maintaining the fair, sustainable and transparent tax system that is needed to create growth and prosperity both in the UK and internationally."
Now, I'm very much not a fan of Ms Hodge. I mistrusted her motives whilst she was on the PAC and this latest move looks to me like she misses the platform the tax issue gave her and she wants to keep it.
In my personal opinion, it's very much at her door that HMRC is being so deliberately difficult to deal with rather than see some commercial common sense, admit that their (in)action played a part in creating the horrendous liabilities for contractors and offered a sensible settlement rather than the outrageously unfair one we have now.
That said, if the aim to to "create growth and prosperity" on the back of a fair system, is she a voice to be called into action in the draconian imposition - sorry - debate, around revised IR35 rules?
Hodge appointed to head new tax responsibility committee - 16 Sep 2015 - Accountancy Age
Hodge (pictured) said: "In recent years the issue of who pays tax and how much they pay has really struck a chord with the public. We want Parliament to continue to play a key role in building and maintaining the fair, sustainable and transparent tax system that is needed to create growth and prosperity both in the UK and internationally."
Now, I'm very much not a fan of Ms Hodge. I mistrusted her motives whilst she was on the PAC and this latest move looks to me like she misses the platform the tax issue gave her and she wants to keep it.
In my personal opinion, it's very much at her door that HMRC is being so deliberately difficult to deal with rather than see some commercial common sense, admit that their (in)action played a part in creating the horrendous liabilities for contractors and offered a sensible settlement rather than the outrageously unfair one we have now.
That said, if the aim to to "create growth and prosperity" on the back of a fair system, is she a voice to be called into action in the draconian imposition - sorry - debate, around revised IR35 rules?
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