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During 55 years or so in the tax profession, I have observed a ‘drip, drip, drip’ deterioration in relationships between advisers and the Inland Revenue/HMRC.
The president of the CIOT, Anthony Thomas, deserves our congratulations for exposing the reality of this situation. It is good to see a professional leader courageously speaking his mind in this way.
Unless there is a substantial change in direction and healing of relationships, it is my belief that practitioners of the future will, in effect, merely be working for HMRC. This will make a career in taxation unattractive unless the applicant wishes to work for HMRC itself.
As it is, public sector salaries are now greatly increased and, in many instances, exceed those in the private sector. The sole practitioner and small practice are also increasingly under threat because of the current situation.
John Newth, Eastbourne
