HMRC has assigned a personal compliance manager to every billionaire within its reach, in a significant tightening of oversight on the super-rich.
According to reports from mid-to-late September 2026, His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has refreshed its list of billionaires to cover all those with a UK tax footprint, not only those who file personal tax returns in Britain. The move draws on HMRC data, public information, and data shared by other countries. It follows criticism from the National Audit Office and a parliamentary Public Accounts Committee, which previously highlighted gaps in HMRC’s understanding of billionaires’ affairs and noted that allocation of managers had been risk-based rather than purely wealth-based.
Customer Compliance Managers (CCMs) are senior tax professionals who act as a single point of contact. They develop a detailed picture of an individual’s finances, behaviours, and risks, review returns with intelligence from UK and international sources, and challenge underpayments through compliance checks. HMRC already used CCMs for the most complex or high-risk wealthy taxpayers (roughly 15,000 people, or about 2% of its broader “wealthy” population of those with incomes of £200,000+ or assets of £2 million+). Extending this systematically to all identified billionaires marks a clear shift.
An HMRC spokesperson stated: “We want to help all customers get their tax right, including the UK’s wealthiest people. We’ve had dedicated customer compliance managers for wealthy individuals for several years, allowing us to identify and address tax risks effectively.”
The change aims to improve grip on complex, often international structures used by the ultra-wealthy and close gaps in the tax collected from this group. Wealthy individuals as a whole already contribute a large share of personal tax receipts, but previous reviews found incomplete coverage of the very richest. This dedicated approach is expected to help ensure more accurate compliance going forward.
Given the exodus from the UK, these new roles may not be that secure!
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One of the biggest taxpayers in the country left for Greece. Anyone with means should get out and not come back.
ReplyDeleteTwo years in a row now punters have been overcharged, they can't even do the basics.
ReplyDeleteThey're very sorry, lessons have been learnt. It's because there was too much snow in Alaska this year. Anyone fancy a Digestive biscuit?
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/tax/news/savers-at-risk-of-overpaying-tax-as-hmrc-bills-them-twice/
It's called The Law of Unintended Consequences
ReplyDeletehttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-24/uk-billionaires-push-back-after-hmrc-seeks-more-tax-information
More flowing champagne and plonk on the expenses. Let the punters eat cake.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/09/26/senior-civil-servants-spend-247k-taxpayer-money-away-days/
Anyone on here brave enough to tell us about the HMRC Christmas Party that saw our 'friend' get sacked and become embittered?
ReplyDeleteWe know, but would love to hear others' version of events...
If you know why don't you tell us.
DeleteWhat happened, where and when?
And the $64,000 question - if your 'friend' was sacked by HMRC why does he post on here 'defending' them?
You're simply incapable of logical thinking.
Ah that odd fella who got sacked for *** ******* *** ***** ** ******* but regrets it and dreams of his only ever 'family' accepting him back?? They dont care about regrets and won't ever re-employ. Learn from it and move on for your own good.
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DeleteI got sacked and accepted the outcome
DeleteWhat were you sacked for @12:31
DeleteGood afternoon to all posters and readers on here.
DeleteI realise that I am probably peeing against the wind by asking this but here goes anyway - can anyone tell us what happened at the party, where the party was, when the party was, who the perpetrators or victims were, and what the outcome was?
Thank you for your kind attention.
I'd love to know too as it sounds like a creepy little man who used to work in our VAT office!!!!
Delete@21:01.
DeleteI realise you wouldn't want to name the individual for legal reasons but which office was it, what was the general nature of his offence(s), and when did it all happen.
@21:01 on 28 September
DeleteSorry that I'm a bit late on this one. I wonder whether we worked in the same office building or if creepy behaviour is just common at HMRC. A Band O in our Enquiry Centre (long since closed down under the BoF programme), then aged in his late 40s, tried it on in a very grubby way with a 19 year old casual AA: she was extremely drunk and would have been in no state to consent to any of it. Making his behaviour even more disturbing, the parents of the teenager also both worked in our office. In a healthy workplace the creep would have been sacked and reported - at HMRC nothing was done about it. What an appalling way for HMRC to treat a young person at the start of their journey in the world of work.
@12:53.
DeleteWhat happened after you reported him?
You did report him, didn't you?
12:53 We would like more details about this conduct so we can look into it?
Delete16:14 You've been lurking on here - were you the 'star' of the infamous HMRC Xmas party?
@12:57.
DeleteDon't know which party you're talking about.
Tell me something about this "infamous HMRC Xmas party" and I'll let you know if I was there.
@12:57 3 Oct 26 - I was the victim of a female bullying, nutjob who overstepped the mark. I was an HO and she was an SO. She broke the law and HMRC covered it up. I'm happy to talk if there is a way of contacting you?
DeleteAt last someone is doing something about all the corruption.
Which office were you in? We had a female SO in our office who was a renowned bully. She should have been sacked and prosecuted.
DeleteThis all sounds utterly horrific. Have any of you spoken with a good solicitor?
Delete@19:17.
ReplyDeleteYet again you are unable to answer the most basic questions and deflect, deflect, deflect.
Why the asterisks? If it's the truth you have nothing to fear.
@20:17.
ReplyDeleteThe usual incisive and enlightening contribution to the conversation.
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This stinks to high heaven
ReplyDeletehttps://www.theregister.com/public-sector/2026/09/28/hmrc-vowed-to-break-up-with-capgemini-then-paid-it-another-42b/5299136
69,000 high paying tax punters have left the UK. I can't for the life of me think why.
ReplyDeleteLooks like those extra special tax compliance managers will be WFH watching Bargain Hunt on the sofa with a thumb up their arse after all
Something to put in their end of year performance review.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/tax/news/record-workers-quit-high-tax-britain/
The rate of taxation isn't set by HMRC.
DeleteIt's set by the government who were elected.
Please don't name of the alleged offender, their office location or timeline on here or social media - it would potentially prejudice
ReplyDeleteI agree. Rogues within HMRC need to be held to account, not let 'off the hook' because of legal technicalities.
DeleteThe troll on here encouraging contributors to name the perv has an agenda.
Comments are welcome on this one. I haven't got a clue..
ReplyDeletehttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09/29/hmrc-trainee-accused-of-trying-to-kill-russians-wins-16k/