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21 Sep 2011
HMRC has admitted "governance errors" in the handling of high-profile tax settlement cases.
Head of tax Dave Hartnett (pictured) told a Treasury Select Committee proper policy "was not fully followed". In one case, a dispute was settled without consulting the whole of the high risk corporate programme board.
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Deals with Vodafone and Goldman Sachs sparked widespread public outrage amid reports of the phone company owing £6bn but getting away with a £1.25bn dispute settlement, a figure HMRC called an "urban myth".
There have also been suggestions that Goldman Sachs avoided more than £10m in tax payments last year, The Guardian reports.
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