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Closed Remove new powers granted to HMRC over the last 3 years

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Over the last three years, HMRC has been given additional powers:
• to seek payment of tax that is disputed by taxpayers
• to require taxpayers to follow judicial decisions without a right of appeal
• to extract money from taxpayers’ bank accounts

The Institute for Fiscal Studies have reported on the implications of the New Powers and have found:
• The New Powers may remove the incentive to litigate tax disputes
• There is a risk of denying taxpayers access to justice
• Their scope depends on benign operation by HMRC
• The New Powers’ use inappropriate triggers
• HMRC can change their interpretation of the powers over time
• The other safeguards in the tax system are inadequate

The full text of the IFS report can be found at https://www.ifs.org.uk/uploads/TLRC_DP_13.pdf

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