As a wee epilogue to yesterday's announcement about the appointment of Jon Thompson (currently the Permanent Secretary of the Ministr...

Despite HMRC bemoaning tax avoidance schemes devised by "evil" accountants it seems that, according to a loyal reader , it is de...

I am gemused to see that our "respected" and "morally erect" MPs (the group of people who like to  lecture the rest...

Those of us who are a tad "irked" by the EU's profligacy, incompetence and interference in the UK's affairs often cite...

Oh dear Margaret Hodge (Chairman of PAC) continues to be "underwhelmed" by HMRC's less than stellar performance. She i...

My thanks to PQ Magazine for placing me on the shortlist for their 2012 awards, in the category of “ Accountancy Personality of Year “. Ta...

My thanks to Accountancy Age for placing me (at 42) on their Financial Power List for 2011. I also appeared in the list in 2006. The list i...

A wee while ago on this site I noted that HMRC's interim chief financial officer, Philip Moore, was not a chartered accountant (althoug...

In HMRC's world things are very different from the world in which you and I inhabit. Indeed, some far more eminent accountants than myse...

Recently Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) introduced a register for Accounting Services Providers (ASPs) - auditors, external ac...

Question: -When is a resignation not really a resignation? Answer: -When you are a senior member of the HMRC. As proven by the very curious ...