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Starving HMRC will make it harder for Rachel Reeves to meet spending targets: TaxWatch responds to the CSR
Shrinking the £40 billion tax gap and £38 billion of outstanding tax debts is going to be critical for making today’s Spending Review numbers add up. Can HMRC deliver this with a real-term budget cut?
Glass half full? Are wealthy taxpayers underpaying more tax than we thought
HMRC is recovering more missing tax from wealthy individuals. But beneath the headlines: the tax this group is underpaying may be larger than previously thought, and is likely growing, while penalties for their non-compliance have plummeted.
Back to the drawing board
The government wants to step up the fight against enablers of tax abuse (again). New powers and better information can help. But HMRC is barely using the powers and penalties it already has.
Reducing UK’s Digital Services Tax: The high price of trade appeasement?
Scrapping the UK’s Digital Services Tax is the opposite of a good strategy in the face of a US trade war, when instead it should be reformed to operate better for the British public finances