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Google News: Fury as HMRC clamps down on small businesses, while overlooking large companies
[London Loves Business] - Permanent secretary for tax Dave Hartnett was singled out in claims he failed to handle tax negotiations with some major firms properly. An HMRC spokesman said: “Following consultation with representative bodies, HMRC has started a detailed review of
Barclays stockpiles 'losses' to soften tax obligations
www.telegraph.co.uk
[Telegraph.co.uk] - In recent weeks the amount of tax big business pays has been under scrutiny after Dave Hartnett, the permanent Secretary for HM Revenue & Customs, has been heavily criticised for waiving a £10m tax bill for investment bank Goldman Sachs.
Big Businesses Can Negotiate With the Tax Man, but Small Businesses Must Pay Up!
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
[Huffington Post UK] - But as Austin Mitchell said when examining Dave Hartnett on the Goldman Sachs case, "you [HMRC] would not give such an advantage to any small business that is hounded and punished for interest payments". Shock horror, Hartnett didn't address this
Legal action over taxman's deal with Goldman Sachs
www.mirror.co.uk
[Mirror.co.uk] - Goldman Sachs was allowed to skip the interest bill after the country's top tax official Dave Hartnett was wrongly advised there was a "legal impediment" to collecting it. The potential cost to the taxpayer is officially put at £8 million but the
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