HMRC Powers and Taxpayer Safeguards - Hansard
The announcement of changes and reviews into how HMRC is granted and uses its wide and powerful weapons is very welcome.
We are pleased to have played a very small part in bringing this about.
Whilst I would have wanted the language and the terms of reference and the professional standards board to be executive rather than advisory, we have to accept that this is a baby step in the right direction.
I do worry that this is also HMRC policing itself and would not be surprised if the result of the feedback is that they are all great people doing a fantastic job.
Whether this comes too late to help thousands of contractors who are reaching the end game of their enquiries after a mere 18 years, remains to be seen.
The announcement is a lot of words but little action as well. So a bit of a curates egg of a position but one that now places the emphasis upon us to make the most of it.
The announcement of changes and reviews into how HMRC is granted and uses its wide and powerful weapons is very welcome.
We are pleased to have played a very small part in bringing this about.
Whilst I would have wanted the language and the terms of reference and the professional standards board to be executive rather than advisory, we have to accept that this is a baby step in the right direction.
I do worry that this is also HMRC policing itself and would not be surprised if the result of the feedback is that they are all great people doing a fantastic job.
Whether this comes too late to help thousands of contractors who are reaching the end game of their enquiries after a mere 18 years, remains to be seen.
The announcement is a lot of words but little action as well. So a bit of a curates egg of a position but one that now places the emphasis upon us to make the most of it.
