Comparing the work of parliamentary bodies as they look into the taxman’s battle against avoidance
KEY POINTS
- What are the purposes of the parliamentary committees?
- Challenging and commenting on the work of HMRC.
- Has the Public Accounts Committee already made up its mind on corporate tax avoidance?
- The public accounts committee seems ready to cast its net wider to encompass VAT and tax reliefs.
- Could HMRC do more to inform parliamentarians and the public?
Michael Gove recently criticised parents for being happy their children were more interested in reading
Twilight than Middlemarch. Unlike Mr Gove Taxation rarely suggests what people do in their free time. Nevertheless his exhortations hav e inspired me to turn to a book I hope he will accept as a classic: A Tale of Two Cities.I have slightly adapted...
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