HMRC told to ‘practise what it preaches’ as tax-avoidance evidence emerges
Parliamentary committee flags 15 occasions when department hired people using disguised remuneration schemes
Lord Bridges PA
25 Jan 2021
Members of a House of Lords committee have called on HM Revenue and Customs to “constantly review” the business practices of its contractors after it emerged that 15 were known to have used a controversial tax-avoidance measure the department is cracking down on.
Lord Bridges of Headley said the tax-collection agency needed to practise what it preached following a session of the upper chamber’s Economic Affairs Finance Bill Sub-Committee that heard HMRC knew people who worked for it had used so-called disguised remuneration schemes.