HMRC's Powers Consultation — Listening to the Experts

Alison Lovejoy

'Consultation' in various forms is taking up an ever-increasing amount of readers' time and many have contributed significantly to the consultation exercises and workshops held recently by HMRC's Review of Powers, Deterrents and Safeguards. What is HMRC trying to achieve? We asked Tom Evans, one of the Review team in HMRC.

'Consultation' in various forms is taking up an ever-increasing amount of readers' time and many have contributed significantly to the consultation exercises and workshops held recently by HMRC's Review of Powers Deterrents and Safeguards. What is HMRC trying to achieve? We asked Tom Evans one of the Review team in HMRC.

'Our first concern is balance. We are genuinely trying to strike the right balance between the statutory powers that HMRC — like any fiscal authority — needs to do its job of...

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'Consultation' in various forms is taking up an ever-increasing amount of readers' time and many have contributed significantly to the consultation exercises and workshops held recently by HMRC's Review of Powers Deterrents and Safeguards. What is HMRC trying to achieve? We asked Tom Evans one of the Review team in HMRC.

'Our first concern is balance. We are genuinely trying to strike the right balance between the statutory powers that HMRC — like any fiscal authority — needs to do its job of...

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