HMRC covered Panama Papers: Public Accounts Committee session on HMRC’s performance

A blog that is live the general public Accounts Committee’s study of HMRC performance in 2016–17 and HMRC Estate.

HMRC is undergoing a time period of transformation—it has intends to transform the taxation system by 2020, in specific by digitising the taxation system. As well as its plans that are digital HMRC can be undertaking a long-lasting estates replacement programme. HMRC’s “Building our Future” programme sets off to shut 137 offices and centralise in 13 large local hubs and four specialist web web web sites. HMRC could keep available a restricted range transitional internet web web sites, for a long time.

The session will even concentrate on the challenges dealing with HMRC given that UK makes to leave the EU.

A listing of people in the PAC can be located right here. The Seat is Meg Hillier (Labour).

The witnesses:
Jon Thompson, leader and Permanent Secretary, HMRC
Jim Harra, Director General, Customer Strategy and Tax Design, HMRC
Nick Lodge, Director General, Transformation, HMRC
Angela McDonald, Director General, Customer Services, HMRC
Justin Holliday, Chief Finance Officer, HMRC

Meg Hillier(Chair) introduced the five witnesses

3.35: Paradise Papers – Jon Thompson stated he knew a drip ended up being coming but had no use of ICIJ Paradise Papers, also it two weeks ago (from ICIJ, the Guardian and the BBC) though they requested. No requests that are further by HMRC.

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