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13 Sep 2011
ALMOST ONE in ten HM Revenue & Customs compliance officers will be of retirement age by April 2012, ministers have said.
Mark Hoban, the financial secretary to the Treasury, said that 9.27% of officers will be aged 60 or over in the next financial year. By the end of the Spending Review period, a further 1,906 current officers will have reached the age of 60, making up 6.15% of the workforce.
The majority of officers - 71.2% - are in the 40-59 age range, which is split almost exactly between 40-49 year olds and 50-59.
David Hanson, shadow Exchequer secretary, who asked the parliamentary question, told Accountancy Age: "I have real concerns that the most expierenced officers will be retiring - and that the reductions in HMRC budget will therefore lead to a loss of capability and a less effective service."
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Retiring taxes
Fact is HMRC wishes to take pretty much the majority of the "human element" out of the tax system, hence the rapid (for them) introduction of the online filing system, flawed as it is. Quite scary to think they can be any less effective than they are at the moment, in the commercial world they'd have been out of business years ago.
Posted by: Jamie Crampton, 13 Sep 2011 | 15:52